Kevin Maguire
@Kevin_Maguire
Journalist. @sunderlanduni visiting prof. England's North East Riviera. kevmag on @bluesky
Kevin Maguire explains we've learnt nothing from the Iraq war & the way to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons is through an agreement (we had an agreement that was working &Trump ripped it up) Richard Madeley: "Hitler & Stalin had a treaty & Hitler broke it and invaded Russia"
The Mouses of Parliament. My latest @NewStatesman column. newstatesman.com/politics/commo…
Reeves inherited a bad legacy
Let’s not forget that most of what we’re now borrowing is spent on meeting the cost of previous borrowing. The OBR reckons we’ll borrow £143 billion this financial year 2025/26 (it will be more than that). It also estimates we’ll spend £111 billion paying interest on existing…
KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'Labour must find engaging story for the UK - or face election wipeout' - Mirror Online mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
"The Government’s fatal lack of a compelling, vibrant story is becoming an obsession of mine. The awful own goals, too. And the can’t do rather than a can do approach to issues such as the pernicious two-child poverty cap." ✍️ @Kevin_Maguire mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
Roll up! Roll up! Kevin Maguire in Conversation with Alan Johnson | The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, South Shields - September 25 theworduk.org/whats-on/kevin…
Keir Starmer fails to spread the love. My @newstatesman column. newstatesman.com/politics/commo…
Real value of wages is continuing to increase after that unprecedented Tory era squeeze though the rate is slowing. ONS figs show annual earnings growth at 5%(5.6% previous three months). CPI inflation is 3.6%(3.4% previous month).
Headlines are all about Labour splits rather than Tory incompetence, cover-ups and running a secret Afghan migration system. Suspending four Labour MPs is Downing Street scoring another own goal.
'Doctors must think before downing stethoscopes - strike would be self harm' ✍️ @Kevin_Maguire mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
A Lords’ last supper for hereditary peers The latest @NewStatesman column newstatesman.com/politics/commo…
Let's have more of them theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
Labour’s prayer for growth. This week’s @NewStatesman column. newstatesman.com/politics/commo…
Labour welfare rebels are putting country before party by protecting the disabled from UK Government cuts.
Skyrocketing military spending is Keir Starmer’s Achilles’ heel when funding a dubious splurge will make the welfare crisis appear a picnic. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
Revolting Labour. This week's @NewStatesman column. newstatesman.com/politics/commo…
Sending people to Coventry to save Tory hereditary peers. This week's @NewStatesman column. newstatesman.com/politics/commo…
Exactly
This is an abhorrent crime. It is deeply wrong when Israel attacks hospitals in Gaza, and just as wrong when Iran targets an Israeli facility. Hospital attacks have been horrifyingly normalized - first by Assad, later by Netanyahu. Now this. Militaries MUST stop this practice.