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Alexander Brown

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Assistant Political Editor at The Mirror. COYS enthusiast. You can get me at Alexander.brown@reachplc.com

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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Former Green leader Caroline Lucas has said the Green Party must "urgently address the crisis that has overtaken it". Writing in The Mirror, she says the Zionism is Racism motion crossed a "red line", and warns the Greens are "woefully exposed" to entryism. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'Greens must urgently address the crisis that has overtaken the party'
'Entryism has been a problem for many parties, but our tradition of direct democracy and our weak accountability mechanisms mean we are woefully exposed', former Greens leader Caroline Lucas writes
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
New MP Sagal Abdi-Wali writes for The Mirror about her values, Spurs, and wanting to repay the kindness shown to her family after fleeing Somalia www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'After fleeing Somalia I want to repay kindness to place that gave me a home'
'I was taught from a young age about the importance of volunteering and contributing back into our community, seeing my mum do so – and taking me along to help too', Sagal Abdi-Wali MP writes
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sagal Abdi-Wali standing next to the Restore Britain candidate as she's named the new MP for Holborn and St Pancras
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A former child refugee from Somalia is about to become an MP. Having faced rank racism both online and in person, Sagal Abdi-Wali's victory is a spit in the eye for racists everywhere
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Green Party now actively defending Zack Polanski's leadership. A source says: "Zack has shown he has energised this party and will continue to do so...this is just a taste of British politics between now and the next General Election."
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Am told Labour were leafleting outside 21 primary school gates today - that's every primary school in the constituency that isn't a polling station. Party also had well over 1000 volunteers *before* polling day
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There is no free kettle at the count just a coffee machine, meaning it's £1.20 to make a tea with my own teabags. Where are the main parties on this???
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Green Party close of polls statement seems to be bracing for defeat. It says: “Whatever the result later, we’ve run a positive campaign....to be the main challenger shows how far the Greens have come..whether we win or lose keeping the pressure on...will be our focus.”
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tory shadow minister says Luton has "no-go zones" where "white people won't go"
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
On the whistle analysis after the shadow chancellor speech
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lovely morning to beat the Tory MPs 5-1 in the annual conference game
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
EXC: Kemi Badenoch attended a fundraiser for a hunt who have a member now being probed over an alleged fox-killing by hounds. Footage appears to show a huntsman recovering the body of a fox, with blood and organs found at the scene. Police looking into it. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Kemi Badenoch branded 'out of touch' for stance on fox hunting after vile video
EXCLUSIVE: Footage shows a Heythrop Hunt kennel huntsman climbing into woodland near the village of Lower Swell to recover the body of the fox and then running away with it
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
EXC: Sagal Abdi-Wali has praised Ed Miliband’s conference speech for showing “refugees come from all backgrounds” and bring “so much” to Britain. The former child refugee from Somalia, Labour's by-election candidate said she was “inspired” by the Foreign Secretary www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Labour candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali praises refugees impact on Britain
EXCLUSIVE Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee from Somalia, said she was 'inspired' Ed Miliband, who had discussed how his parents had fled persecution to come to the UK
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Spoke to Labour MPs at the Trans Solidarity Rally about the fight for equality
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Some analysis and windswept hair after Andy Burnham's speech
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A spontaneous and natural interview
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trade unions vow to do 'everything they can' to better protect trans people (this might be exclusive, I don't think other journos went to the rally) www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Trade unions vow to do 'everything they can' to better protect trans people
EXCLUSIVE - Leaders from UNISON, USDAW and ASLEF all raised concerns about the treatment of trans people following the UK Supreme Court ruling over the Equality Act and gender
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Man of the Match at Goodison Park, a true career highlight
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EXC: More than half of voters dislike Nigel Farage and Andy Burnham is the most popular party leader, new polling shows. A Persuasion UK survey found 51% had a negative view of the Reform leader and just 28% had a positive opinion of him www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Blow for Nigel Farage as poll finds more than half of voters dislike him
EXCLUSIVE - The Persuasion UK survey found 43% of all respondents, and 72% of 2024 Labour voters, have a positive view of Andy Burnham, while 28% of all voters have a negative view of him
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EXC: An estimated 150,000 children have been lifted out of poverty in the six months since Labour scrapped the two-child benefit limit. Labour party chair Bridget Phillipson will reveal the scale of change delivered by scrapping the cap in her speech today. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Scrapping two-child benefit cap has lifted 150,000 children out of poverty
EXCLUSIVE: Labour party chair Bridget Phillipson MP will reveal the scale of change delivered by scrapping the cap, as she warns the next election will be a choice between hope and fear.
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
EXC: More community-owned businesses will be set up across England with a new £10million fund. Announced by Communities Secretary Angela Rayner, the fund will help boost organisations that are owned and run by the communities who use them www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Boost to high streets with new £10million community-owned business fund
Announced by Communities Secretary Angela Rayner, the fund will help boost organisations that are owned and run by the staff, customers and the communities who use them
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I just mean you never tell people you are going to call a snap election! that is the point!
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Andy Burnham has now categorically ruled out snap election, which does not mean there won't be a snap election www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Andy Burnham rules out snap election as Labour surge in polls
The new PM said he wanted to 'draw a line' and his attention was on bringing 'hope' back to people’s lives, rather than forcing them into yet another general election
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
[Serious journalist voice] That instagram reel of a politician is not totally authentic, our investigation can reveal
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Shopping at Lib Dem conference
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sir Ed Davey tells me keeping Nigel Farage out of Downing Street is a "moral responsibility", and the “most serious” task of his political career www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Keeping Farage out of Number 10 is 'moral responsibility', Lib Dem leader says
EXCLUSIVE: Sir Ed Davey raised concerns over the recent £72million donated to Reform by Crypto billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, and vowed his party would be a 'firewall'f against Reform
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
EXC: UNISON says pupils are “losing out” because support staff are being asked to cover lessons instead. Report finds almost 39% of school support staff covered classes in place of teachers www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Pupils missing out as support staff pulled from duties to cover for teachers
EXCLUSIVE: A UNISON report found almost 39% of school support staff covered classes in place of teachers as part of their role, including staff in welfare and technical roles
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Spoke to Sagal Abdi-Wali about diversity being a strength, Burnham bringing back hope, and why Labour is still the biggest vehicle for social change www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Sagal Abdi-Wali hits out at 'hateful rhetoric' in Starmer's old seat by-election
EXCLUSIVE: Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee from Somalia, hit out at criticism from Reform's Zia Yusuf over not being born in Britain, in an attack Labour branded 'straightforward racism'
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Writing for the Mirror, former shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth says Labour "got it badly wrong in stubbornly refusing to join calls for a ceasefire early on in the hostilities", and praises the sanctions on settlers. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'Labour cannot let hope of two-state solution disappear'
'Labour got it badly wrong in stubbornly refusing to join calls for a ceasefire early on in the hostilities', former shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth writes
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Long read on the Lib Dems and Sir Ed Davey's leadership www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Ed Davey faces make-or-break moment to shine as Lib Dem grumbles pile up
As the Lib Dem faithful heads down to Brighton for the annual party conference, Sir Ed Davey faces questions over the party's position in the polls and whether he's getting through to voters
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I don't imagine 285 villagers voting to rejoin the EU would generate quite as much coverage as this Piddington nonsense
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
EXC: Reform has been accused of failing to declare donors who paid for fundraising events in the Middle East. The Electoral Commission has confirmed it received a complaint over hospitality for Farage and others in Dubai last January. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Farage accused of failing to declare donors from events in the Middle East
EXCLUSIVE: The Electoral Commission has confirmed it will look into hospitality heaped on Nigel Farage and senior party figures in Dubai last January by mega-rich supporters
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK have been given the same amount from crypto billionaires in the past 48 hours that Arsenal spent buying Nicolas Pépé
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
EXC: Ofcom has been urged to take action against the Royal Mail over "repeatedly failing" to meet its delivery targets. Letter signed by more than 100 Labour MPs sent to the regulator, asking them to step in. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Royal Mail blasted for missing delivery targets as Ofcom urged to act
EXCLUSIVE: MPs accused Royal Mail of not taking the delays seriously, leaving the public missing hospital appointments, court dates, or having late fees added to bills that simply didn’t come
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Green Party leader Zack Polanski confirmed for by-election www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Zack Polanski confirmed for major by-election clash in Keir Starmer's old seat
The Green Party leader Zack Polanski was confirmed as the Green candidate on Friday morning, and will face off with Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali, the leader of Camden Council
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Full story as Labour select Camden Council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali to stand in Keir Starmer's old seat www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Labour select Camden Council leader to stand in by-election for Starmer's seat
The contest poses a headache for the new PM Andy Burnham, who helped Labour defeat the Greens in both the Makerfield by-election and the Greater Manchester Mayoral race
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sagal Abdi-Wali selected as Labour's candidate for Holborn & St Pancras
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The backlash to Ed Miliband announcing sanctions on settlements is one of the most "inventing a thing to be mad at" I've ever seen. "How can he do this on Rosh Hashanah", just admit you support illegal settlements
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
EXC: Nigel Farage has been accused of “open racism" after a fresh call for a burka ban. Weyman Bennett, co-chair of campaign group Stand Up To Racism, said: "It's open racism and Islamophobia. We should be clear about this is what it is." www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Farage accused of trying to distract from Reform donations over burka ban
EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK leader was criticised after calling for a burka ban in response to the chilling scenes which saw 300 masked far-right protesters blocked roads around the Port of Dover
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Green Party deputy is a landlord www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Green Party deputy is a landlord, despite vow to abolish landlords
Mothin Ali owns two rental properties in Leeds
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The bombshell by-election in Keir Starmer’s old seat could be “make or break” for the Green leader Zack Polanski, polling experts have claimed. Pollsters explained Labour were the favourites and that the “shine” had come off Mr Polanski with voters www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Pollsters say by-election in Starmer's seat is 'make or break' for Zack Polanski
EXCLUSIVE: Pollsters explained Labour were still the favourites for the Holborn and St Pancras seat, and that the 'shine' had come off Zack Polanski with voters
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
His approval rating has gone down since his response to it, that's got nothing to do with my opinion or yours! it's data!
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Robert Jenrick tells Times Radio Nigel Farage wasn't part of the donations scandal as he just had lunch. He said: "You can't criticise a leader for saying thank you over lunch to someone. I know a lot of slings and arrows are thrown at Nigel Farage, but being polite is not a crime these days"
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Guido Fawkes outed Byline Times working undercover at Reform conference and then celebrated them being kicked out. So much for solidarity from the free press
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Richard Tice: "I am not concerned at all"
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Richard Tice on Radio 4 says "entrapment has taken place by Channel 4 and far-left eco-zealot radicals", no money changed hands, and actually Channel 4 broke the rules 😭
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Enjoyed the Reform outriders trying to dismiss the Channel 4 investigation as not that big a story, only for the party to suspend both the men involved. You have debased yourselves when there is video footage lads
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Green Party leader Zack Polanski set to stand in Keir Starmer's old seat www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Green Party leader Zack Polanski set to stand in Keir Starmer's old seat
Mr Polanski confirmed he intended to stand in the Holborn & St Pancras by-election on Thursday, and claimed the race was a chance to 'make history' by electing London's first Green MP.
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As Reform conference begins, we wrote about the key issues facing the party (there's a lot) www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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All the headaches facing Nigel Farage and Reform as party conference kicks off
This time last year, Reform was ahead in the polls as it sought to capitalise on the slow downfall of Keir Starmer, but now find themselves struggling in the polls
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Keir Starmer stepping down as MP www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/excl...
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Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer to step down as MP for Holborn and St Pancras
Former PM thanks local Labour supporters and says he is proud of what he delivered in 11 years in the House of Commons
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