Dave Burke
Political Correspondent at The Daily Mirror. Follow me for insight, analysis and pictures of my dog
david.burke@reachplc.com
- 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." www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- 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 🤔 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Reform 'hypocrite' blasted as letter to Joe Biden about Chagos Islands emerges www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Racism horror as Nigel Farage says employers should be allowed to discriminate www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Some interesting merch being handed out to journalists at the Lib Dem conference
- Morning
- Exclusive: UK's top bishop says Nigel Farage's deportation plan 'isn't the British way' www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- 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 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- New Reform recruit Laura Anne Jones also said he wanted to go 'Chav shooting' and joked about shooting Ed Miliband www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Nigel Farage has yet again been accused of peddling "fantasy" plans based on dodgy sums - this time on tackling crime www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- 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
- 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' www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Got her up before 5am so she can have a good walk before it gets too hot. Does she look grateful?
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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 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- 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 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- RIP Sly Stone. At his peak he was unmatched youtu.be/tF3TQlgybz0?...
- WASPI campaign leaders say they are on target for a High Court showdown with the Government after clearing a major hurdle www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- 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 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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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 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- 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’ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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- Dog who wouldn't sit still at polling station
- Plans backed by over 50 MPs would: 🚨 outlaw 'pimping websites' 🚨 criminalise those (predominantly men) who pay for sex 🚨 rip out 'out of date' soliciting and loitering offences www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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- New law to sack police who fail background checks after 'absurd' loophole fury www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Had an interesting chat with Rachel Reeves ahead of Washington trip next week: 🚨 UK will walk away from US trade deal if red lines crossed 🚨 Donald Trump not acting like a bully 🚨 No rush to get deal done 🚨 No commitment to Commons vote www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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- 🚨🐶 IMPORTANT DOG NEWS www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- A damning dossier will show there were 2,611 fewer neighbourhood officers and PCSOs in England and Wales than last year's official figures showed. Policing Minister Dame Diana Johnson said it was "unforgivable". www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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- Liz Kendall was faced with the fury of Labour backbenchers as she announced £5billion of welfare cuts. The Work and Pensions Secretary was warned that disabled people have been left "at breaking point" and urged to find a more "compassionate" approach. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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- No10 has slapped down David Lammy's claim that Israel has breached international law by blocking aid into Gaza www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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- Police must be stripped of powers to stop and search people without reason to suspect them of a crime, MPs have demanded www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- A brazen effort to stop the Safety of Rwanda Act being torn up was laughed away, with the Tories branded "mugs" www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Putting Crufts on in the hope that seeing obedient dogs inspires her
- The harrowing list - compiled by the Femicide Census - was read by Jess Phillips in a grim annual tradition on International Women's Day www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Tories want to keep the controversial Safety of Rwanda Act - which declares it is a safe country - on the statute books. This is despite the African nation being sanctioned by the UK for supporting a militia group accused of war crimes. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- RIP the Godfather of Neo-Soul, Roy Ayers. Visionary, innovator and icon.
- Trouble brewing for the PM as anger grows over his decision to slash the international aid budget Keir Starmer has been warned it will be "music to the ears" of terrorists www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Kelela's In The Blue Light is by some distance the best album this year so far youtu.be/mooxxKkfEbM?...
- Just seen the horrendous news about Angie Stone. What an incredible artist, her loss is a massive, massive tragedy. Black Diamond, Mahogany Soul and Stone Love are three of the great neo-soul records, she was one of the greats. Just awful.
- Diane Abbott confronted Keir Starmer over his decision to spend money on "armaments and tanks" rather than foreign aid - warning it will make the UK less safe www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Sue Hills and Clive Ruggles spoke movingly about daughter Alice, who was just 24 when she was killed by Lance Corporal Trimaan Dhillon after multiple failings by police www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Reposted by Dave BurkeEnergy prices are on the rise. Use our calculator to see how much your bills will go up by in Arpril www.mirror.co.uk/money/energy...
- One of the great soul voices. youtu.be/SmoClCAbLzo?...
- 'Rishi Sunak, relegated last year, his side will be relegated this year. That's a rare double for you.' Absolutely brutal from Match of the Day there
- The Foreign Secretary has told Rwandan President Paul Kagame that his actions risk fuelling war in the region. Rwanda is accused of supporting the M23 militia group, which has been linked to war crimes in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Raneem's Law is launched today in memory of Raneem Oudeh and her mother Khaola Saleem, who were killed after a string of shocking failures www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Pooja Kanda, whose son Ronan was murdered with a weapon bought online, said that if new laws being introduced in his memory had already been in place, he would still be alive www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Yvette Cooper said last night: "We have this crazy situation where there's often more checks for alcohol or for cigarettes or all these different things, and yet these are lethal weapons. And so that's why we have to change the law." www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Interesting debate here... at the start of each sitting prayers are held in the Commons and the Lords. Some MPs are unhappy with this and want it scrapped under the government's modernisation programme. What do you reckon? www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Victims Minister Alex Davies-Jones said she was shocked after being told about vulnerable people being mistreated. She assured MPs that the Government is considering calls to set up a tough new independent regulator. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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- Laila Soueif, mother of wrongly imprisoned British-Egyptian citizen Alaa Abd el-Fattah, has criticised Keir Starmer for not meeting her as her health deteriorates www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Andy Slaughter, who chairs the Commons Justice Committee, told The Mirror he has met with ministers and is hopeful the Government adopts the move. He admitted: "When I first heard it I thought it was mad, but now I'm a convert." www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Review into Prevent contact with Axel Rudakubana found: 🚨 Referrals may have been missed due to spelling error 🚨 Officers showed lack of 'professional curiosity' 🚨 He said Manchester attack was 'good thing' 🚨 Wasn't treated as terror threat because no clear ideology www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
