Chris Shaw
@thechrisshaw.bsky.social
Media, Economics, Politics. Former commercial lawyer. Europhile.
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When Boris Johnson overrode security service advice in order to give Evgeny Lebedev a peerage, Keir Starmer (rightly) demanded a full investigation.
Now we learn Starmer did exactly the same thing with Peter Mandelson.
news.sky.com/story/no-10-...
Now we learn Starmer did exactly the same thing with Peter Mandelson.
news.sky.com/story/no-10-...
No 10 appointed Mandelson despite security concerns, Sky News understands
Number 10 say developed vetting was done by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the normal way.
news.sky.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
When Boris Johnson overrode security service advice in order to give Evgeny Lebedev a peerage, Keir Starmer (rightly) demanded a full investigation.
Now we learn Starmer did exactly the same thing with Peter Mandelson.
news.sky.com/story/no-10-...
Now we learn Starmer did exactly the same thing with Peter Mandelson.
news.sky.com/story/no-10-...
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“The current attrition rate of senior figures from the government is running at one a week” - WAIT FOR IT! - “this autumn.”
Filed eleven days into autumn.
I’m running out of pejoratives for Mason. How can someone this mediocre end up in a position meant for the best political journalist in the UK?
Filed eleven days into autumn.
I’m running out of pejoratives for Mason. How can someone this mediocre end up in a position meant for the best political journalist in the UK?
September 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“The current attrition rate of senior figures from the government is running at one a week” - WAIT FOR IT! - “this autumn.”
Filed eleven days into autumn.
I’m running out of pejoratives for Mason. How can someone this mediocre end up in a position meant for the best political journalist in the UK?
Filed eleven days into autumn.
I’m running out of pejoratives for Mason. How can someone this mediocre end up in a position meant for the best political journalist in the UK?
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In which two people who actually know what they're talking about demonstrate that the idea that the UK could somehow abandon the ECHR without blowing apart the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement is complete and utter b*ll*cks. ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
The European Convention on Human Rights and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - UK in a changing Europe
Joelle Grogan and Alice Donald explain the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights.
ukandeu.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
In which two people who actually know what they're talking about demonstrate that the idea that the UK could somehow abandon the ECHR without blowing apart the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement is complete and utter b*ll*cks. ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
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‘Five Houses’ Farage has a certain ring. And he owns, or has claimed to own, all of them. Which is four more than Angela Rayner does…
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Nigel Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home
A BBC investigation raises questions about how the Reform UK leader's partner paid for a home in his constituency.
www.bbc.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:53 AM
‘Five Houses’ Farage has a certain ring. And he owns, or has claimed to own, all of them. Which is four more than Angela Rayner does…
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It seems madly heavy handed to ban Labour politicians outright from being landlords, but my god they don’t exactly help their own case inews.co.uk/news/labour-...
Labour super-donor Lord Alli evicted young family - then hiked rent by £1,000 a month
The Labour peer's eviction of a family with young children from their home in north London would be outlawed from next year under his party's Renters' Rights Bill
inews.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It seems madly heavy handed to ban Labour politicians outright from being landlords, but my god they don’t exactly help their own case inews.co.uk/news/labour-...
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No, Carswell and others like him haven’t been ‘radicalised’. They’ve always thought like this. The only thing that has changed is that they now realise they can get away with saying it out loud.
August 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
No, Carswell and others like him haven’t been ‘radicalised’. They’ve always thought like this. The only thing that has changed is that they now realise they can get away with saying it out loud.
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🇩🇪🇺🇦 If Ukraine surrenders, the war could end tomorrow, but then Putin will attack us the day after tomorrow, so this is not an option, — Merz
August 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🇩🇪🇺🇦 If Ukraine surrenders, the war could end tomorrow, but then Putin will attack us the day after tomorrow, so this is not an option, — Merz
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P&O Ferries’ long-overdue accounts have finally been filed.
They reveal the chief executive’s pay soared in 2023. In the same year the company lost £91 million, despite having fired 786 staff to cut costs
www.itv.com/news/2025-07...
They reveal the chief executive’s pay soared in 2023. In the same year the company lost £91 million, despite having fired 786 staff to cut costs
www.itv.com/news/2025-07...
www.itv.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
P&O Ferries’ long-overdue accounts have finally been filed.
They reveal the chief executive’s pay soared in 2023. In the same year the company lost £91 million, despite having fired 786 staff to cut costs
www.itv.com/news/2025-07...
They reveal the chief executive’s pay soared in 2023. In the same year the company lost £91 million, despite having fired 786 staff to cut costs
www.itv.com/news/2025-07...
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Ron DeSantis attack/fundraising email has already gone out.
June 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Ron DeSantis attack/fundraising email has already gone out.
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We did not have any of this drama when Joe Biden’s clone was president.
June 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We did not have any of this drama when Joe Biden’s clone was president.
It just gets better and better 😂
"The owner of Britain’s first Reform pub has said he regrets Brexit and would ‘probably have voted Remain’ if he’d known everything about leaving the EU."
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/owner-o...
"The owner of Britain’s first Reform pub has said he regrets Brexit and would ‘probably have voted Remain’ if he’d known everything about leaving the EU."
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/owner-o...
Owner of Reform pub says he regrets voting for Brexit
The owner of Britain's first Reform pub has said he regrets Brexit and would 'probably have voted Remain' if he'd known everything about leaving the EU.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It just gets better and better 😂
"The owner of Britain’s first Reform pub has said he regrets Brexit and would ‘probably have voted Remain’ if he’d known everything about leaving the EU."
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/owner-o...
"The owner of Britain’s first Reform pub has said he regrets Brexit and would ‘probably have voted Remain’ if he’d known everything about leaving the EU."
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/owner-o...
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Rats in a sack 😂
"Reform’s chairman, Zia Yusuf, has quit after being embroiled in a row with one of the party’s MPs."
www.thetimes.com/article/1a09...
"Reform’s chairman, Zia Yusuf, has quit after being embroiled in a row with one of the party’s MPs."
www.thetimes.com/article/1a09...
Reform chairman Zia Yusuf quits party
Resignation comes after a row with Sarah Pochin, Reform’s newsest MP
www.thetimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Rats in a sack 😂
"Reform’s chairman, Zia Yusuf, has quit after being embroiled in a row with one of the party’s MPs."
www.thetimes.com/article/1a09...
"Reform’s chairman, Zia Yusuf, has quit after being embroiled in a row with one of the party’s MPs."
www.thetimes.com/article/1a09...
Rats in a sack 😂
"Reform’s chairman, Zia Yusuf, has quit after being embroiled in a row with one of the party’s MPs."
www.thetimes.com/article/1a09...
"Reform’s chairman, Zia Yusuf, has quit after being embroiled in a row with one of the party’s MPs."
www.thetimes.com/article/1a09...
Reform chairman Zia Yusuf quits party
Resignation comes after a row with Sarah Pochin, Reform’s newsest MP
www.thetimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Rats in a sack 😂
"Reform’s chairman, Zia Yusuf, has quit after being embroiled in a row with one of the party’s MPs."
www.thetimes.com/article/1a09...
"Reform’s chairman, Zia Yusuf, has quit after being embroiled in a row with one of the party’s MPs."
www.thetimes.com/article/1a09...
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Musk’s reign of incompetence and cruelty is over. Now fuck off
inews.co.uk/opinion/musk...
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Musk’s reign of incompetence and cruelty is over. Good riddance
He waded into Doge without the slightest idea what he was doing
inews.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Musk’s reign of incompetence and cruelty is over. Now fuck off
inews.co.uk/opinion/musk...
inews.co.uk/opinion/musk...
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🧵 Andrew Bailey is right ✅ we must reverse Brexit damage!
Brexit has clearly damaged UK growth by raising trade barriers which hurt productivity and delivered 4% hit to GDP. UK-EU reset on food checks and energy are welcome but more is needed to minimise damage.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Brexit has clearly damaged UK growth by raising trade barriers which hurt productivity and delivered 4% hit to GDP. UK-EU reset on food checks and energy are welcome but more is needed to minimise damage.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
BOE’s Bailey Urges Closer EU Trade to Reverse Brexit Damage
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has urged the government to strike a deeper trade deal with the European Union to improve growth and “minimize negative effects” of Brexit.
www.bloomberg.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🧵 Andrew Bailey is right ✅ we must reverse Brexit damage!
Brexit has clearly damaged UK growth by raising trade barriers which hurt productivity and delivered 4% hit to GDP. UK-EU reset on food checks and energy are welcome but more is needed to minimise damage.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Brexit has clearly damaged UK growth by raising trade barriers which hurt productivity and delivered 4% hit to GDP. UK-EU reset on food checks and energy are welcome but more is needed to minimise damage.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Simon Cowell thinks we should have a second Brexit referendum - do you agree?
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Simon Cowell wants a second Brexit referendum - do you agree
Simon Cowell believes the UK should hold a second Brexit referendum, saying the public didn't really understand what they were doing in 2016. Do you think a new vote would provide clarity, or just dee...
www.mirror.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Simon Cowell thinks we should have a second Brexit referendum - do you agree?
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Chat GPT's interpretation of UK economic growth inside and outside the EU
I guess that makes Labour's policy of keeping the UK outside the EU Single Market the blockers to economic growth
I guess that makes Labour's policy of keeping the UK outside the EU Single Market the blockers to economic growth
May 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Chat GPT's interpretation of UK economic growth inside and outside the EU
I guess that makes Labour's policy of keeping the UK outside the EU Single Market the blockers to economic growth
I guess that makes Labour's policy of keeping the UK outside the EU Single Market the blockers to economic growth
Top Tory and shadow home secretary Chris Philp admits Conservative Government had no plans to deal with asylum claims when Spaffer Johnson and Useless Frost were negotiating their "oven-ready" Brexit catastrophe.
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Leaked recording reveals top Tory knew of flaws in post-Brexit plan to return illegal migrants
In response tonight, the Tories insisted that Chris Philp was not saying the Tories did not have a plan for how to handle asylum seekers post Brexit.
news.sky.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Top Tory and shadow home secretary Chris Philp admits Conservative Government had no plans to deal with asylum claims when Spaffer Johnson and Useless Frost were negotiating their "oven-ready" Brexit catastrophe.
news.sky.com/story/leaked...
news.sky.com/story/leaked...
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One is tempted at this point to ask Macron whether he will be happy with Russia invading EU member states as long as fishing quotas with the UK are unchanged.
I suspect this is just a little bit of EU drama, because no partnership with any country is possible on this basis.
I suspect this is just a little bit of EU drama, because no partnership with any country is possible on this basis.
Many meets in Bxl re UK/EU summit. Suspect there'll be a deal but senior EU sources tell me negotiations are “wide open”, that gaps are “significant” & negotiations “will go to the wire”. UK offer of 4y extension on fish “ridiculous”. EU Ambos likely to hold emergency meet on Sun
May 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One is tempted at this point to ask Macron whether he will be happy with Russia invading EU member states as long as fishing quotas with the UK are unchanged.
I suspect this is just a little bit of EU drama, because no partnership with any country is possible on this basis.
I suspect this is just a little bit of EU drama, because no partnership with any country is possible on this basis.
Economists warn UK faces 'immediate and violent' sterling crisis if Reform wins next election.
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www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-...
Economists warn UK faces 'immediate and violent' sterling crisis if Reform wins next election
The UK faces an “immediate and violent” sterling crisis if Reform wins the next election and stays good on its pledge to cut taxes, economists have warned.
www.lbc.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Economists warn UK faces 'immediate and violent' sterling crisis if Reform wins next election.
www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-...
www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-...
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"Migrants.... are overall more likely to be in work and have slightly higher wages. It follows almost automatically that their short-term impact is to boost, not reduce, GDP per capita. Indeed, that’s exactly what the ONS says.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s one slight issue with Labour’s immigration plans: they’re completely untethered from reality | Jonathan Portes
The government’s new policy will take us back to an uglier, more dangerous place – and it’s not even supported by the data, says professor of public policy Jonathan Portes
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"Migrants.... are overall more likely to be in work and have slightly higher wages. It follows almost automatically that their short-term impact is to boost, not reduce, GDP per capita. Indeed, that’s exactly what the ONS says.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Very ashamed today of Starmer/Labour's comments about 'island of strangers' and 'incalculable damage'. It's the job of the government to leave the country in a better place than they found it, not to appeal to the base instincts of a nation in order simply to carry on governing.
May 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Very ashamed today of Starmer/Labour's comments about 'island of strangers' and 'incalculable damage'. It's the job of the government to leave the country in a better place than they found it, not to appeal to the base instincts of a nation in order simply to carry on governing.