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Dave Burke
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Political Correspondent at The Daily Mirror. Follow me for insight, analysis and pictures of my dog

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Yaya Bey was incredible at Islington Assembly Hall this evening
February 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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Angela Rayner told The Mirror: "Farage's Reform can't even find the Gorton and Denton constituency on a map. Perhaps it's because they're too busy filling their party full of former Tories who failed the country."
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Reform MP Lee Anderson mocked by Angela Rayner over major by-election blunder
Lee Anderson shared photos of himself campaigning for the Gorton and Denton by-election outside Stanley House Function Rooms - which is in the wrong constituency
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January 27, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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Well well well. Andrew Rosindell wrote to Joe Biden asking for help 'decolonising' the Chagos Islands, then the following year wrote to (Foreign Sec) Dominic Raab saying failure to respect international demands undermined the UK. He's been very vocal recently 🤔
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Nigel Farage's Reform hypocrisy exposed by letters as turncoat flip-flops
Andrew Rosindell called for the UK to give up the Chagos Islands in 2021, a newly-surfaced letter shows - after The Mirror revealed he'd asked Joe Biden to help 'decolonise' the territory
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January 23, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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Reform 'hypocrite' blasted as letter to Joe Biden about Chagos Islands emerges
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Reform 'hypocrite' blasted as letter to Joe Biden about Chagos Islands emerges
Andrew Rosindell, who defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK at the weekend, wrote to Joe Biden in December 2020 saying failure to 'decolonise' the Chagos Islands was causing international anger
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January 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Racism horror as Nigel Farage says employers should be allowed to discriminate
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Racism horror as Nigel Farage says employers should be allowed to discriminate
Anti-racism campaigners and unions voiced their horror after Nigel Farage doubled down on his decade-old call for anti-discrimination laws to be ripped up so employers can discriminate
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January 13, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Some interesting merch being handed out to journalists at the Lib Dem conference
September 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Morning
September 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Exclusive: UK's top bishop says Nigel Farage's deportation plan 'isn't the British way'
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August 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Jeremy Corbyn says 200,000 people have signed up to his new party in less than 24 hours. For context, Reform currently has 229,329 members
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Corbyn says new party has nearly as many members as Reform after just 24 hours
Jeremy Corbyn announced on social media that 200,000 people had signed up to his new party less than 24 hours after its launched - putting it within touching distance of Nigel Farage's Reform membersh...
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July 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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New Reform recruit Laura Anne Jones also said he wanted to go 'Chav shooting' and joked about shooting Ed Miliband
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Nigel Farage names ex-Tory who made racist remark on WhatsApp as defector
A smiling Nigel Farage unveiled Tory Senedd member Laura Anne Jones as his latest Reform recruit - branding it a 'big step forward for Reform in Wales'
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July 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Nigel Farage has yet again been accused of peddling "fantasy" plans based on dodgy sums - this time on tackling crime
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Farage's 'fantasy' plan to cut crime unravels over 'fag packet' figures
Nigel Farage has been accused of peddling a string of 'ill-thought through slogans' after making big promises to tackle crime, with questions over his sums and the impact on prisons
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July 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Spiky from Keir Starmer when asked if suspending MPs was weak. "We have to deal with people who repeatedly break the whip because, everyone was elected as a Labour MP on the manifesto of Change, and everybody needs to deliver as a Labour government," he says
July 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Donald Trump said Britain's execution of Brexit was 'sloppy' - but praised Keir Starmer for getting it 'straightened out', days after Emmanuel Macron said UK voters were 'sold a lie'
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Donald Trump throws shade at 'sloppy Brexit' - but says Starmer's sorting it out
US President Donald Trump said Britain's execution of Brexit was 'sloppy' - but praised Keir Starmer for getting it 'straightened out', days after Emmanuel Macron said UK voters were 'sold a lie'
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July 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Got her up before 5am so she can have a good walk before it gets too hot. Does she look grateful?
June 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Wednesday's DAILY MIRROR: War ready
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June 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Keir Starmer insists he will not cancel a vote on his disability welfare changes in spite of 123 Labour MPs backing an amendment that could torpedo it
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PM refuses to cancel welfare vote despite rebellion - see PIP data in your area
Keir Starmer has insisted he will not cancel a vote on his disability welfare changes in spite of 123 Labour MPs backing an amendment demanding a rethink
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June 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips says tough new laws will give courts the power to suspend adult service sites behind sexual exploitation as MPs demand paying for sex is made illegal
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Sick 'pimping websites' given four-word warning as MPs demand new laws
Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips says tough new laws will give courts the power to suspend adult service sites behind sexual exploitation as MPs demand paying for sex is made illegal
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June 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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RIP Sly Stone. At his peak he was unmatched
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Thank You for Talkin' to Me, Africa
YouTube video by Sly and the Family Stone - Topic
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June 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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WASPI campaign leaders say they are on target for a High Court showdown with the Government after clearing a major hurdle
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Women told to keep working longer set for showdown which could affect millions
WASPI campaigners say they are on course for a High Court showdown with the Government over the decision not to pay compensation to millions of women
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June 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Nigel Farage has been branded a 'part time leader' after jetting off on holiday and missing a chance to grill Keir Starmer on his post-Brexit EU deal - despite griping about it
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Nigel Farage skips crucial EU update to go on holiday in latest shameless move
Nigel Farage has whined about the Government's EU reset agreement, but it turned out he missed a key update to the Commons because he has gone on holiday
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May 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Keir Starmer leaves door open to changing winter fuel cuts after months of backlash - by @daveburke12.bsky.social
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Starmer leaves door open to changing winter fuel cuts after months of backlash
Keir Starmer told reporters in Tirana, Albania, that means testing winter fuel payments was the right thing to do, but did not deny reports that thresholds could change
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May 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Exploitation survivor Mia de Faoite warns 'pimping websites' are a 'supermarket of the vulnerable' in a harrowing interview calling for the law to change
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'I survived vile exploitation - sick supermarkets of the vulnerable must shut'
Mia de Faoite, who endured years of harrowing abuse and exploitation, says prostitution laws must be torn up and so-called 'pimping websites' have to be closed down
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May 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Lots of backlash over Keir Starmer’s migration speech, particularly his ‘island of strangers’ remark. Some spiky exchanges in the Commons - ‘apeing Reform’, ‘reflecting language of Enoch Powell’, ‘legitimising far-right violence’

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May 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.
May 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Dog who wouldn't sit still at polling station
May 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM