Alexander Brown
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Assistant Political Editor at The Mirror. COYS enthusiast. You can get me at
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*Professional news* Delighted to announce I'm joining The Mirror as Assistant Political Editor. I start in August, but am keen to line up coffees, intros, and gossip immediately. My DMs are open, why not say hi X
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Your Party having factional beef when it was set up by just two people is very camp and fun, actually
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Trump to be kept away from protests during state visit. Theresa May's former chief of staff told me that was a key consideration for the last state visit, as well as going big on flattery
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Trump to swerve UK state visit protest with Keir Starmer Chequers reception
Former Tory MP Gavin Barwell, who worked in Downing Street during the previous state visit of the US president warned ministers should organise events away from protests
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-swerve-uk-state-35890156
9 days ago
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I love to encourage people to cycle in London but having seen how the casuals do it during a tube strike unfortunately I now have to gatekeep. Take your limes and WFH, you're a risk to yourself and others
13 days ago
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Was asked about the week in my German lesson today and described Angela Rayner as being "beleibt", rather than "beliebt", a difference I learned after my tutor stopped laughing that meant I hadn't called her popular, but instead, obese
14 days ago
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People love to talk about cancel culture, but Mila Kunis wrote a letter in support of a rapist and she's still somehow in the new Knives Out. You can literally defend rapists without consequence
14 days ago
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Reform here during the national anthem, looking like two Pointless teams asked to name an illness prevented by vaccines
16 days ago
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Hearing [insert minister your news company opposes] could be for the chop
17 days ago
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What a 24 hours for David Lammy, who not only becomes deputy prime minister, but more importantly, can celebrate Daniel Levy finally leaving Spurs
17 days ago
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Let me be the first to say, Angela Rayner has resigned
17 days ago
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Kemi Badenoch had such a bad
#PMQs
performance she's immediately gone into Central Lobby to do a Sky interview about Angela Rayner
19 days ago
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Born to enjoy novels by the sea, cursed to read about transphobia in an office
19 days ago
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Reporting every journalist who calls Glinner a âcomedianâ to IPSO for factual inaccuracy
20 days ago
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If I didnât want to be arrested for my tweets, I would simply not call for violence against minorities
20 days ago
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Congrats to Zack Polanski on winning but also for inspiring this insane headline
20 days ago
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Stopping the boats by suspending one of the only safe and legal routes available, and dividing families while they do so
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Cooper suspends refugee family reunion applications in overhaul of asylum system - live updates
It comes after Keir Starmer tells the BBC he wants to
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvg02j6yvdrt
21 days ago
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I was in canary wharf on a Saturday to write this so please give me clicks
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Farage 'is a hypocrite' for lecturing on free speech while banning journalists
The silencing of journalists who could be critical comes shortly before the Reform leader flies to the US while parliament is sitting to testify before congress on the subject of "free speech"
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage-is-hypocrite-lecturing-35819542
22 days ago
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We are at the âromanticising child labourâ stage of the culture war
23 days ago
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Big day for asking "who is Graham Simpson?", and more importantly, "how is he still speaking?"
26 days ago
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X is a site owned by a racist, who advocates for other racists
26 days ago
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Asked what his plans mean for women and children, Nigel Farage says âeveryone on arrival will be detainedâ. That's a commitment to locking up children then
27 days ago
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As Nigel Farage focuses on men coming to Britain, calling it an âinvasionâ, a reminder 31,000 women and girls claimed asylum in the year ending June 2025. This isnât about womenâs safety
27 days ago
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Westminster folk, I'm looking to line up coffees and stories for when everyone returns next week. If you're an MP, staffer, or parly adjacent person that has something we should be reporting on, or just wants to say hi, get in touch. My email is in my bio
27 days ago
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Didn't think I could find new ways to be horrified by the mass murder of civilians, aid workers and journalists, but then they called it a fucking "mishap"
28 days ago
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EXC: Ministers are considering a "Fair Work Charter", developed with unions, that will require energy companies to pay into a skills fund or spend a minimum amount on skills training to train workers for green jobs. Gov would help fund it
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Energy companies should pay to train workers for green jobs, Miliband says
Ministers are considering proposals developed with unions that will require offshore wind developers to pay into a skills fund or spend a minimum amount on skills training
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/energy-companies-should-pay-help-35778143
about 1 month ago
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Disgusting government cheered on by disgusting apologists
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Revealed: Israeli militaryâs own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/aug/21/revealed-israeli-militarys-own-data-indicates-civilian-death-rate-of-83-in-gaza-war
about 1 month ago
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The Fire Brigades Union has warned fresh cuts to the emergency services âwill cost livesâ. Comes after National Fire Chiefs Council modelling says standalone fire and rescue authorities face a ÂŁ102 million real terms cut
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Fire fighters' union warns 'matter of time until someone dies' over cuts
It follows modelling from the National Fire Chiefs Council that claimed standalone fire and rescue authorities face a ÂŁ102 million real terms cut due to grant reductions
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/fire-fighters-union-warns-matter-35771281
about 1 month ago
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Sorry I'm late, I had to follow another bike for an hour
about 1 month ago
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[Shouting at an Ornstein post through gritted teeth and tears] "Warra trophy"
about 1 month ago
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EXC: A non-profit representing the over-60s has written to Wes Streeting warning plans for a National Care Service risk becoming a "farce". Silver Voices seeking clarity of if it will be stand-alone on par with NHS, and if it will be free at point of use
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Wes Streeting urged to clarify plans to fix Britain's social care crisis
Silver Voices, a non-profit which has over 10,000 members, warned a review of Britain's care service risked becoming a "farce" unless ministers outlined how it would work
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/wes-streeting-urged-clarify-plans-35764941
about 1 month ago
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Over 100 women's rights groups have warned linking sex abuse to migration is a âracist diversion'. Important exclusive from
@daveburke12.bsky.social
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Linking sex attacks to migration is 'dangerous racist diversion' warning
In a letter to Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper, organisations including Rape Crisis England and Wales, the End Violence Against Women Coalition and Refuge called on ministers to stand up to the 'danger...
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/over-100-womens-rights-groups-35755160
about 1 month ago
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Exc: Fish and chips are at risk of vanishing from the high street if Nigel Farage has his way on net zero, a senior Labour figure has claimed
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Fish and chip shops 'could vanish' due to Nigel Farage's net zero opposition
Labour MP Bill Esterson, chair of the Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee, accused Reform UK of ignoring the dangers of climate change and its impact on prices
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/fish-chip-shops-could-vanish-35741867
about 1 month ago
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Feel it's more newsworthy that Troye Sivan has an evil doppelganger
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Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2
Exclusive: Jack Anderton says UK may âregainâ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for Ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/16/nigel-farage-adviser-uk-would-be-better-off-if-it-had-not-fought-nazi-germany
about 1 month ago
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Really moved by the bravery and defiance of this woman in Ukraine, who lives just a few miles from the front-line
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about 1 month ago
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EXC: Nigel Farage is showing âamateur and irresponsible approach to defending our nation", MPs say
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Reform accused of 'amateur and irresponsible' approach to nation's defence
Organised by Labour MP Graeme Downie, the letter also questioned Mr Farageâs understanding of shipbuilding, which directly employs almost 40,000 people across the UK
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/reform-accused-amateur-irresponsible-approach-35739078
about 1 month ago
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Robert Jenrick thinks judges who were involved with charities are unfit for the job
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Alexander Brown
Nick Hilton
about 1 month ago
wow, all it took was one week of restricted access to porn.
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The Times has done a university stories piece where four of the five went to Oxbridge, and the odd one out went to Durham. Relatable!
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Hilarious regrets and hard lessons from university life
From dubious drinking games to choosing the wrong subject â Times writers on their biggest university fails
https://www.thetimes.com/article/fb97b4fb-fc0c-43ef-a113-f4ae38248ccc?shareToken=955f2100290b943649651fc2d428ee81
about 1 month ago
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EXC: A total of 1,849 electric vehicle chargepoints have been added to holiday spots across the UK, taking the total to 83,800. Itâs not the biggest or sexiest story, but show progress on helping the public reduce emissions
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Boost for holidaymakers as thousands of electric car chargers added
A total of 1,849 chargepoints have been added to holiday spots all over the country, including national parks, theme parks and beach resorts
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boost-holidaymakers-thousands-electric-car-35725731
about 1 month ago
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The BBC has now apologised for the Jenrick criticism in Thought for the Day, and edited it out. Remember, free speech means the right can say something people consider xenophobic, but nobody is allowed to label it as such
about 1 month ago
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Turns out, as usual, all the outrage was manufactured bollocks and you can still get a copy in the library, it's just not in a display
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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Being rattled by Thought for the Day is soooooo embarrassing
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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How is this not AI
about 1 month ago
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Another brutal day in Westminster
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Alexander Brown
Elad Nehorai
about 1 month ago
During a live broadcast of Big Brother in Israel, members of Standing Together rush the stage wearing âLeave Gazaâ shirts and calling for an end to the genocide and against Netanyahuâs plan for permanent occupation.
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Rachel Reeves has written for The Mirror saying she's "impatient for the change people voted for to be delivered", but that she always knew "it was never going to happen overnight"
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Rachel Reeves: 'We're on the side of working people'
Writing exclusively for this newspaper, Ms Reeves outlined how Labour had already begun righting the wrongs of the Tories, but said there was 'lots more to do'
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/rachel-reeves-politics-choices-were-35703241
about 1 month ago
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When I was an agency court reporter a decade ago, the Mirror was the only newspaper that gave us bylines. Turns out theyâre still on my author page, with my first about a drink-driving Tory. Quite pleasing, given how things turned out
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Ex-Tory MP banned from driving after being found slumped over steering wheel
David Ruffley, 53, was almost three times the legal limit after his VW Golf hit a Range Rover but told police he 'didnât think four glasses was too much'
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ex-tory-mp-found-slumped-7473062
about 2 months ago
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Kemi Badenoch snitched on a fellow pupil for cheating who was then expelled
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Kemi Badenoch snitched on a cheating pupil at school who was then expelled
The Tory leader Kemi Badenoch claimed her fellow students were not impressed after she stood up in an exam and accused another pupil of cheating, who was later expelled
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/kemi-badenoch-snitched-cheating-pupil-35690331
about 2 months ago
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It's my first day as Assistant Political Editor at the Mirror. Looking to line up coffees, stories, and a sense of self. If you can help with any of the above, my DMs are open, why not say hi
about 2 months ago
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My take is that Son Heung-min can leave Spurs but not until we've won the Super Cup (so he never leaves)
about 2 months ago
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