Rachel Wearmouth
@rewearmouth.bsky.social
Journalist. Geordie.
Your phone isn’t the real world.
Your phone isn’t the real world.
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A passage that does indeed read rather differently to the "indivisibility of the internal market" positions of the past
I did not have insider knowledge. I have just been around Brussels negotiations for a long time...
EU agrees a mandate for UK negotiations as I predicted. With the bonus that the future path becomes clearer - if you pay you can have more. www.politico.eu/article/uk-s...
EU agrees a mandate for UK negotiations as I predicted. With the bonus that the future path becomes clearer - if you pay you can have more. www.politico.eu/article/uk-s...
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A passage that does indeed read rather differently to the "indivisibility of the internal market" positions of the past
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Operation Save Big Dog By Giving His Main Rival A Chance To Show He’s Better At Politics is going well www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wes Streeting denies plotting to oust Keir Starmer as prime minister
Health secretary dismisses claims as ‘unhelpful’ and ‘self-defeating’ after reports that PM’s job could be under threat
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Operation Save Big Dog By Giving His Main Rival A Chance To Show He’s Better At Politics is going well www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I doubt it’s intended but the quotes in this read like a plea for time, rather than a determined vow to fight the next election www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer allies issue warning to PM’s rivals as fears grow over leadership challenge
Exclusive: No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of attempt to oust him after budget or May local elections
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I doubt it’s intended but the quotes in this read like a plea for time, rather than a determined vow to fight the next election www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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They killed the hundie!
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
They killed the hundie!
Oooh the ceremonial pouches!
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Oooh the ceremonial pouches!
Really hoping Joe Marler wins
Here we go! Traitors!
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Really hoping Joe Marler wins
Here we go! Traitors!
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Here we go! Traitors!
Mamdani: “Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns. These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power”
Directed at NY’s service economy, was modern, vivid(if speech was a bit grand in places)
Directed at NY’s service economy, was modern, vivid(if speech was a bit grand in places)
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Mamdani: “Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns. These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power”
Directed at NY’s service economy, was modern, vivid(if speech was a bit grand in places)
Directed at NY’s service economy, was modern, vivid(if speech was a bit grand in places)
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Excl: The driver of the train who made the emergency stop in Huntingdon, Andrew Johnson, told ITV News tonight that he was “just doing my job”.
But he surely saved lives.
He says the member of LNER staff still in hospital with life-threatening injuries “was the brave one”.
But he surely saved lives.
He says the member of LNER staff still in hospital with life-threatening injuries “was the brave one”.
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Excl: The driver of the train who made the emergency stop in Huntingdon, Andrew Johnson, told ITV News tonight that he was “just doing my job”.
But he surely saved lives.
He says the member of LNER staff still in hospital with life-threatening injuries “was the brave one”.
But he surely saved lives.
He says the member of LNER staff still in hospital with life-threatening injuries “was the brave one”.
Came to this thinking it would be an incredibly dumb fly-by documentary. I was pleasantly surprised. www.amazon.co.uk/Raoul-Moat-I...
Watch Raoul Moat: Inside the Mind of a Killer | Prime Video
In July 2010, Raoul Moat went on a two-day shooting spree, killing one person and seriously injuring two others, leading the police on a week-long manhunt across the Northeast of England. His brutal and terrifying rampage left a wake of emotional and physical devastation. 15 years later, the legacy of these events continues to impact those left behind.
www.amazon.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Came to this thinking it would be an incredibly dumb fly-by documentary. I was pleasantly surprised. www.amazon.co.uk/Raoul-Moat-I...
Unison gen sec Christina McAnea is asked if Keir Starmer will still be PM after the May locals: “Who knows? I don’t know.”
“I don’t know because I don’t know what will happen in May, & depending on what happens in May, what Keir will feel & what Lab MPs will feel about it.”
“I don’t know because I don’t know what will happen in May, & depending on what happens in May, what Keir will feel & what Lab MPs will feel about it.”
November 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Unison gen sec Christina McAnea is asked if Keir Starmer will still be PM after the May locals: “Who knows? I don’t know.”
“I don’t know because I don’t know what will happen in May, & depending on what happens in May, what Keir will feel & what Lab MPs will feel about it.”
“I don’t know because I don’t know what will happen in May, & depending on what happens in May, what Keir will feel & what Lab MPs will feel about it.”
Virginia Giuffre’s family: “Today an ordinary American girl from an ordinary American family brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage.”
October 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Virginia Giuffre’s family: “Today an ordinary American girl from an ordinary American family brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage.”
Cat and Alan have lost their discipline without Jonathan
Alan just completely cracked up when asked to say he was a faithful!
Alan just completely cracked up when asked to say he was a faithful!
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Cat and Alan have lost their discipline without Jonathan
Alan just completely cracked up when asked to say he was a faithful!
Alan just completely cracked up when asked to say he was a faithful!
Good piece
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
We’ve underestimated the power of humour in political revolutions
If Keir Starmer could make us laugh like Donald Trump or Nigel Farage, he’d be doing far better in the opinion polls
www.thetimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Good piece
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
We are deep into another day of polling discussions, I see. Logging into this site is like getting on the same waltzer every morning for months
October 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We are deep into another day of polling discussions, I see. Logging into this site is like getting on the same waltzer every morning for months
The question now is how Lucy Powell will use her position, given there is a budget within weeks & local elections next year which could be dreadful for Labour
October 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The question now is how Lucy Powell will use her position, given there is a budget within weeks & local elections next year which could be dreadful for Labour
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I thought absolutely nobody from the cabinet would have a chance in this election. This is an exceptional showing for Bridget. And the fact that both candidates were fairly moderate and the ‘leadership’ candidate nearly won a sign that the Labour has substantially changed from the late 2010s
Lucy Powell wins deputy leadership
Lucy Powell - 87,407 votes (54%)
Bridget Phillipson - 73,536 votes (46%)
A fair bit closer than predicted
Lucy Powell - 87,407 votes (54%)
Bridget Phillipson - 73,536 votes (46%)
A fair bit closer than predicted
October 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I thought absolutely nobody from the cabinet would have a chance in this election. This is an exceptional showing for Bridget. And the fact that both candidates were fairly moderate and the ‘leadership’ candidate nearly won a sign that the Labour has substantially changed from the late 2010s
The 16% turnout figure is quite significant. Very low engagement. Suggests Labour members are downing tools rather than being driven by anger with the leadership
Lucy Powell wins deputy leadership
Lucy Powell - 87,407 votes (54%)
Bridget Phillipson - 73,536 votes (46%)
A fair bit closer than predicted
Lucy Powell - 87,407 votes (54%)
Bridget Phillipson - 73,536 votes (46%)
A fair bit closer than predicted
October 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The 16% turnout figure is quite significant. Very low engagement. Suggests Labour members are downing tools rather than being driven by anger with the leadership
Lucy Powell wins deputy leadership
Lucy Powell - 87,407 votes (54%)
Bridget Phillipson - 73,536 votes (46%)
A fair bit closer than predicted
Lucy Powell - 87,407 votes (54%)
Bridget Phillipson - 73,536 votes (46%)
A fair bit closer than predicted
October 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Lucy Powell wins deputy leadership
Lucy Powell - 87,407 votes (54%)
Bridget Phillipson - 73,536 votes (46%)
A fair bit closer than predicted
Lucy Powell - 87,407 votes (54%)
Bridget Phillipson - 73,536 votes (46%)
A fair bit closer than predicted
Quite an eye-opening read
Exclusive: No10 chief of staff Morgan McSweeney addressed a meeting of Labour peers on Wednesday night. It did not go well, for him or Keir Starmer.
The HuffPost UK weekend political read 👇
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/end-of...
The HuffPost UK weekend political read 👇
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/end-of...
End Of The Keir Show: How Senior Labour Figures Now Believe Starmer Is Already Toast
Will the embattled PM even make it to the New Year in No.10?
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Quite an eye-opening read
There has to come a point where polls are treated with more scepticism and editors demand more in-depth reporting on the ground (which Will excels at btw)
Massive Caerphilly by-election poll!
Survation/Camlas poll makes it a two horse race:
Reform 41.61%
PC 38.29%
Lab 12.37%
Con 3.65%
LD 1.35%
Green 2.72%
Labour previously had an 18 point majority here and 46% of the vote.
The Tory vote has collapsed. 70% of their voters now going to Reform.
Survation/Camlas poll makes it a two horse race:
Reform 41.61%
PC 38.29%
Lab 12.37%
Con 3.65%
LD 1.35%
Green 2.72%
Labour previously had an 18 point majority here and 46% of the vote.
The Tory vote has collapsed. 70% of their voters now going to Reform.
October 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
There has to come a point where polls are treated with more scepticism and editors demand more in-depth reporting on the ground (which Will excels at btw)
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Striking words from anon former senior civil servant to George Osborne, relayed on podcast with Ed Balls, re briefing against Chris Wormald, cabinet sec... 1/5
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Striking words from anon former senior civil servant to George Osborne, relayed on podcast with Ed Balls, re briefing against Chris Wormald, cabinet sec... 1/5
Five grooming gang survivors tell PM they will stay on panel only if Jess Phillips remains in post www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Five grooming gang survivors tell PM they will stay on panel only if Jess Phillips remains in post
Exclusive: In fresh controversy, the women write to Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood to speak up for safeguarding minister
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Five grooming gang survivors tell PM they will stay on panel only if Jess Phillips remains in post www.theguardian.com/politics/202...