Richard Vaughan
@RichardVaughan1
Chief political correspondent for @theipaper. LFC fan. Generally tired. Any tips/stories please get in touch my DMs are open [email protected]
🔥 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT: All below, plus ... 🔥 Minister: other UK towns a "hair's breadth" from Epping chaos 🔥 Farage conspiracies on police protest protection — despite getting similar in past 🔥 Conservative attack on police numbers backfires 🖇️ Link = next post
“What if the Jews did something to the Germans”, “Hitler was trying to save the world”, “How do we take [the Jews] down?”, “Genocide.” This isn’t 1940s Germany — it’s a 2025 podcast. Suzette, a recent culinary high school grad from south Florida goes full Nazi and Pompano-based…
Even ghost bikes aren’t safe in Tower Hamlets… standard.co.uk/news/transport…
Never a pen
Sending us to the final… Chloe Kelly. CHAOS. 😮💨
I’m old enough to remember when Badenoch’s spokesman told journalists her Cabinet would remain unchanged until the election.
EXCL: Kemi Badenoch is reshuffling her shadow cabinet today. And she has persuaded James Cleverly, defeated leadership candidate and former Foreign and Home Secretary, to make a frontbench comeback
Environment Secretary confirms the Government will abolish Ofwat and will turn the water functions of the remaining 4 regulators into one watchdog
The hoodoo doesn’t look like it’s being lifted this year 🫣 #CorkvTipperary
There was a new minister from the Ministry of Silly Walks in that penalty shootout
As well as those MPs that have had the whip suspended, it is understood that the following MPs have had their trade envoy roles removed: - Rosena Allin Khan - Bell Ribeiro-Addy - Mohammed Yasin
Timing of the Labour suspensions is very strange, given recent efforts to build bridges with the backbenchers - playing footsie with the idea of a wealth tax, letting them vote to scrap the two-child benefit cap, etc. Seems guaranteed to send people off for the summer unhappy
Oh look: Turns out these MPs have been disciplined after all, as I reported at the time
NEW: Labour backbenchers will face disciplinary proceedings (including possible suspension from the whip) for organising against the Govt on welfare
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey says he will support a public inquiry into the Afghan breach if the Govt commissions one
Story by me and @RichardVaughan1 @theipaper here inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
Liverpool FC will retire the number 20 jersey across all levels of the club in honour and memory of Diogo Jota.
The Great Leap Forward led to around 30m deaths...
Net Zero is looking increasingly like Mao’s Great Leap Forward. telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/0…
Black and White Hart Lane was right there, wasn't it? It was right there... 🚕💨
Newcastle Hart Lane..?
Newcastle Hart Lane..?
Exclusive: Spurs close to finalising a stadium naming rights deal with a Saudi entity the frontrunner. Advanced talks taking place. Dealmakers have put forward two companies, one a PIF subsidiary, and a secondary company unaffiliated. Legalities being explored so as not to…
If it augurs a similar period of dominance for LFC then it will be worth it...
> run a stuttering economy > soak the rich > mull a bailout > endure a summer heatwave > Liverpool top the table > be Rachel Reeves > pic unrelated
This seems...misguided?
Government accused of trying to scrap Teach First, which has recruited over 20,000 high flying graduates into schools - my piece for @ObserverUK observer.co.uk/news/politics/…