Kevin Maguire
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Kevin Maguire
@kevmag.bsky.social
Journalist. Sunderland Uni visiting prof. England's North East Riviera.
Wonder why Conservative former MPs on defection watch are most upset about their party chair's Nazi badge dig at Reform UK.

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Is Kevin Hollinrake now home alone?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster
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November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
And most Britons wrongly believe it's going up.

We live in an age of ignorant rage.

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UK net migration drops sharply to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
The Office for National Statistics says the fall is driven by fewer non-EU nationals arriving for work and study, and a
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November 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Lifting half-a-million working class kids out of poverty is why Rachel Reeves’ Budget deserves to be celebrated.

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Episode 14. Tax Up, Benefits Up, Rachel"s Big Gamble
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November 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Rachel Reeves transformed herself from Scrooge to Mother Christmas in lifting 550,000 working class kids out of poverty.

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'Rachel Reeves transformed herself from Scrooge to Mother Christmas'
'Budget deserves to be remembered as the moment the UK Labour Government found its moral purpose and consigned the callous, cruel and cynical Tory two-child benefit to the dustbin of British history'
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November 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The monster Brexit black hole at the heart of Britain.

Farage, Johnson and Badenoch should chip in to fill it when they helped dig the thing.

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Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
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November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Putin appeaser Donald Trump is the heir to Neville Chamberlain

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine has impossible choice as Trump pushes plan to end war
US president demands that Kyiv accepts plan that would mean giving up territory to Russia
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November 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Not so much a plastic patriot as a Putin traitor puppet.

Funny how Reform's top brass now pretend they never knew their colleague and friend.

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Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches
Police say Nathan Gill received at least £40,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian asset
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November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Who is Farage attracting?

Reform councillor Barry Elliott's property firms owe customers £140,000.

He owed Northumberland unpaid council tax and business rates.

"I feel disgusted that somebody like that can represent the people of Blyth."

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Blyth Reform councillor Barry Elliott's property firms owe customers £140,000
Property companies owned or run by Barry Elliott owe tens of thousands of pounds to customers.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Whip to resign to be a stalking horse? Streeting eyeing a seat swap?
Mahmood is certainly hammering refugees.

The Labour rumour mill is in overdrive with the battle to replace Starmer now underway.

The latest @newstatesman1913.bsky.social column.

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Is Wes Streeting changing constituency?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster
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November 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Mr Andrew Mountbatten Windsor will be dreading the release of the Epstein files.

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November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
More PMQs fight in Starmer this week, battling back against Badenoch and highlighting Labour successes.

Might be too late for him, mind.
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
You are less likely to be a vicitm of violent crime in London than in the rest of England and Wales - Sadiq Khan.

Lawless London garbage of the British and US reactionary Hard and Far Right is another con job.
November 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Starmer is his own worst enemy and why all patriotic Britons will back the BBC against US destroyer Trump.

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Pierce vs Maguire
Join Britain’s longest running political double act, the Mail’s Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire from the Mirror for their weekly, no holds barred, take on Westminster, the Royals and usually, The Dona...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
“Cholera is probably more popular on the doorstep than the PM." - Labour MP

This week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social column

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Backbench MPs issue a Keirless whisper
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster
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November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Hello 👀

"Epstein said 'of course [Trump] knew about the girls' that were procured for his sex-trafficking ring."

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Trump knew about Epstein’s conduct, newly released emails suggest
In messages released by House Democrats, Epstein wrote ‘of course [Trump] knew about the girls’
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November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
They hypocrisy of many of the BBC’s political and newspaper accusers
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Wes Streeting stylishing insisting he's a faithful and condemning Downing Street for trying to "kneecap" him showing why he'd make a better Prime Minister than Keir Starmer.

Well done No 10.
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Another Downing Street own goal when a fool or fools briefed Starmer would fight a leadership challenge, thereby confirming he’s under threat and turbo-charging Labour potential regime change fever.

The PM’s worst enemies are people he’s employing in No 10!
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Donald Trump in the US pardons scores of supporters for their roles in his plot to steal the 2020 election from Joe Biden and the scandal in Britain is a bad edit in a BBC hour-long programme on that attempted coup.

Get a grip, people!

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Trump pardons Giuliani, Meadows and others over plot to steal 2020 election
Federal clemency towards president’s close allies largely symbolic as some still face legal exposure at state level
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November 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Lie machine Donald Trump still attempted to organise a US coup.

Editorial standards matter as @bbcnickrobinson said but there is also a concerted campaign to destroy the BBC by some politicians and media rivals.
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Farage revealing his true Thatcherism will damage Hard Right party Reform.

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'Nigel Farage exposes himself as Thatcher knock-off with spending cut plans'
Kevin Maguire issues a warning to anyone in the working class community who are considering voting for Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party, saying they will "hammer you"
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Elon Musk masterminds bigotry and racism to distract and divide folk who might otherwise unite against a wealthy elite headed by the manipulator on a $1,000,000,000,000 deal

Buying this public square to unleash hate and funding extremists pays dividends

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Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders - BBC News
The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
What a shift - 48 years making the local news 👏

And "Colston Crawfod" is a name made for a novel set in a newsroom.

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Derby Telegraph journalist takes redundancy after 48-year career - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage
Former deputy sports editor also wrote newspaper's beer column
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November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM