Patrick Maguire
@patrickmaguire.bsky.social
Chief political commentator, The Times
Morgan McSweeney:
- broke contact with “dismissive” Mandelson on Tuesday
- resolved he should be sacked on after PMQs on Wednesday
- then went to Brussels that evening
- by the time he returned, his longtime friend and mentor was gone
Full story in today’s Times: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- broke contact with “dismissive” Mandelson on Tuesday
- resolved he should be sacked on after PMQs on Wednesday
- then went to Brussels that evening
- by the time he returned, his longtime friend and mentor was gone
Full story in today’s Times: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
September 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Morgan McSweeney:
- broke contact with “dismissive” Mandelson on Tuesday
- resolved he should be sacked on after PMQs on Wednesday
- then went to Brussels that evening
- by the time he returned, his longtime friend and mentor was gone
Full story in today’s Times: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- broke contact with “dismissive” Mandelson on Tuesday
- resolved he should be sacked on after PMQs on Wednesday
- then went to Brussels that evening
- by the time he returned, his longtime friend and mentor was gone
Full story in today’s Times: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Is Keir Starmer planning a progressive pivot?
He made a class-conscious speech to cabinet last week.
But the justice secretary asked whether Labour could really claim to represent the working class...
...and then his policy chief sketched out a tougher direction of travel.
He made a class-conscious speech to cabinet last week.
But the justice secretary asked whether Labour could really claim to represent the working class...
...and then his policy chief sketched out a tougher direction of travel.
July 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Is Keir Starmer planning a progressive pivot?
He made a class-conscious speech to cabinet last week.
But the justice secretary asked whether Labour could really claim to represent the working class...
...and then his policy chief sketched out a tougher direction of travel.
He made a class-conscious speech to cabinet last week.
But the justice secretary asked whether Labour could really claim to represent the working class...
...and then his policy chief sketched out a tougher direction of travel.
Tomorrow’s Times splash
The EU has rejected a UK request for access to crime and migration databases in return for a youth mobility deal
British negotiators now privately saying the latter won’t be agreed in time for this month’s summit
Full story here:
www.thetimes.com/article/b2b3...
The EU has rejected a UK request for access to crime and migration databases in return for a youth mobility deal
British negotiators now privately saying the latter won’t be agreed in time for this month’s summit
Full story here:
www.thetimes.com/article/b2b3...
May 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Tomorrow’s Times splash
The EU has rejected a UK request for access to crime and migration databases in return for a youth mobility deal
British negotiators now privately saying the latter won’t be agreed in time for this month’s summit
Full story here:
www.thetimes.com/article/b2b3...
The EU has rejected a UK request for access to crime and migration databases in return for a youth mobility deal
British negotiators now privately saying the latter won’t be agreed in time for this month’s summit
Full story here:
www.thetimes.com/article/b2b3...
Here’s a Labour MP on more mayors and the new local authorities — similar in scale to the county councils stormed by Reform, the Lib Dems and, erm, NOC — the government will legislate for this summer.
Will they still go ahead? Many hope not.
Column: www.thetimes.com/article/f4a2...
Will they still go ahead? Many hope not.
Column: www.thetimes.com/article/f4a2...
May 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Here’s a Labour MP on more mayors and the new local authorities — similar in scale to the county councils stormed by Reform, the Lib Dems and, erm, NOC — the government will legislate for this summer.
Will they still go ahead? Many hope not.
Column: www.thetimes.com/article/f4a2...
Will they still go ahead? Many hope not.
Column: www.thetimes.com/article/f4a2...
Here’s how they saw it at the time… (from Left Out)
Plan A according to Gavin Shuker was “stay and fight”, Plan B became… whatever Change UK was
Plan A according to Gavin Shuker was “stay and fight”, Plan B became… whatever Change UK was
April 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Here’s how they saw it at the time… (from Left Out)
Plan A according to Gavin Shuker was “stay and fight”, Plan B became… whatever Change UK was
Plan A according to Gavin Shuker was “stay and fight”, Plan B became… whatever Change UK was
Tariff-free and more relevant than ever: GET IN by me and @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social is £1.99 on Kindle for today only. That’s everything the prime minister never wanted you to know — and you get change from two quid!
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April 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Tariff-free and more relevant than ever: GET IN by me and @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social is £1.99 on Kindle for today only. That’s everything the prime minister never wanted you to know — and you get change from two quid!
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I misremembered: it was in The Times in 2014. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
March 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I misremembered: it was in The Times in 2014. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Delighted to have been promoted to chief political commentator at The Times. I’ll still be writing my Friday column and reporting much more widely too. If you know things you think should be written down, get in touch.
March 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Delighted to have been promoted to chief political commentator at The Times. I’ll still be writing my Friday column and reporting much more widely too. If you know things you think should be written down, get in touch.
GET IN is still in the ST bestsellers this week… 😎
March 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
GET IN is still in the ST bestsellers this week… 😎
Get your signed GET IN at Gower Street Waterstones!
(Also Waterstones Tottenham Court Rd and Foyles on Charing Cross Rd)
@gabrielpogrund.bsky.social
(Also Waterstones Tottenham Court Rd and Foyles on Charing Cross Rd)
@gabrielpogrund.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Get your signed GET IN at Gower Street Waterstones!
(Also Waterstones Tottenham Court Rd and Foyles on Charing Cross Rd)
@gabrielpogrund.bsky.social
(Also Waterstones Tottenham Court Rd and Foyles on Charing Cross Rd)
@gabrielpogrund.bsky.social
GET IN is a Sunday Times bestseller 🥳🕺🏼
February 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
GET IN is a Sunday Times bestseller 🥳🕺🏼
February 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Published today and out in all good bookshops now: GET IN, the definitive account of Keir Starmer's rise to power by me and @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social
Join these satisfied readers today
Join these satisfied readers today
February 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Published today and out in all good bookshops now: GET IN, the definitive account of Keir Starmer's rise to power by me and @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social
Join these satisfied readers today
Join these satisfied readers today
Dominic Cummings confirms he advised Jeremy Corbyn's team on Brexit – revealed in GET IN – via Josh Glancy in the Sunday Times
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February 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Dominic Cummings confirms he advised Jeremy Corbyn's team on Brexit – revealed in GET IN – via Josh Glancy in the Sunday Times
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Reviews for GET IN by me and @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social
New Statesman: "Fascinating... devastating... full of lively stories... you need to read to understand this government"
Spectator: "Brilliant new history of Labour’s path to power"
FT: "Pacy and well-researched... a cracking read"
New Statesman: "Fascinating... devastating... full of lively stories... you need to read to understand this government"
Spectator: "Brilliant new history of Labour’s path to power"
FT: "Pacy and well-researched... a cracking read"
February 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Reviews for GET IN by me and @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social
New Statesman: "Fascinating... devastating... full of lively stories... you need to read to understand this government"
Spectator: "Brilliant new history of Labour’s path to power"
FT: "Pacy and well-researched... a cracking read"
New Statesman: "Fascinating... devastating... full of lively stories... you need to read to understand this government"
Spectator: "Brilliant new history of Labour’s path to power"
FT: "Pacy and well-researched... a cracking read"
Like Red Rum I am from Southport and have now won the Grand National (of parliamentary press gallery quizzes) three times. 2018, 2023, 2025. Thanks to all the colleagues who made it possible. Best day of my life.
February 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Like Red Rum I am from Southport and have now won the Grand National (of parliamentary press gallery quizzes) three times. 2018, 2023, 2025. Thanks to all the colleagues who made it possible. Best day of my life.
GET IN, the inside account of Labour’s rise to power and first 100 days by me and @Gabriel_Pogrund, out 13th February.
Pre-order now…
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Pre-order now…
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1847...
January 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
GET IN, the inside account of Labour’s rise to power and first 100 days by me and @Gabriel_Pogrund, out 13th February.
Pre-order now…
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1847...
Pre-order now…
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1847...
Not sure who’d be more disturbed by this: 2015 Keir Starmer or 2015 Progress
December 16, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Not sure who’d be more disturbed by this: 2015 Keir Starmer or 2015 Progress
For my next eighties Kiwi revival trick I will bring back Bryan Gould
December 4, 2024 at 10:40 PM
For my next eighties Kiwi revival trick I will bring back Bryan Gould
True say in the WSJ
November 20, 2024 at 4:58 PM
True say in the WSJ
LEFT OUT to GET IN
Gabriel Pogrund and I are writing a new book on Labour's transformation under Keir Starmer – to be published after the election
Four years ago, nobody expected the party to look as it did today. We'll tell the inside story of how it happened from all sides.
Gabriel Pogrund and I are writing a new book on Labour's transformation under Keir Starmer – to be published after the election
Four years ago, nobody expected the party to look as it did today. We'll tell the inside story of how it happened from all sides.
December 15, 2023 at 10:09 AM
LEFT OUT to GET IN
Gabriel Pogrund and I are writing a new book on Labour's transformation under Keir Starmer – to be published after the election
Four years ago, nobody expected the party to look as it did today. We'll tell the inside story of how it happened from all sides.
Gabriel Pogrund and I are writing a new book on Labour's transformation under Keir Starmer – to be published after the election
Four years ago, nobody expected the party to look as it did today. We'll tell the inside story of how it happened from all sides.
David Blunkett chimes in on our letters page
October 28, 2023 at 10:44 AM
David Blunkett chimes in on our letters page