Assistant Political Editor at The Mirror. COYS enthusiast. You can get me at Alexander.brown@reachplc.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mx5o2472e22yOn the whistle analysis after the shadow chancellor speech05 Oct 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5o2472e22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mx2e7llxxs22Lovely morning to beat the Tory MPs 5-1 in the annual conference game04 Oct 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2e7llxxs22https://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mwyhuddbhc26EXC: 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. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/hunting-fox-kemi-badenoch-animals-3773071903 Oct 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwyhuddbhc26https://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mwxwb3uovk23EXC: 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 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/refugees-miliband-wali-holborn-pancras-3773038003 Oct 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxwb3uovk23https://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mwvhwgskac2aSpoke to Labour MPs at the Trans Solidarity Rally about the fight for equality02 Oct 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvhwgskac2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mwpx3cwo2s2vSome analysis and windswept hair after Andy Burnham's speech30 Sep 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpx3cwo2s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mwopbtmw4s2bA spontaneous and natural interview29 Sep 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwopbtmw4s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mwo457hha22uTrade 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) https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/trans-unions-rally-labour-conference-3771549229 Sep 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwo457hha22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mwkpxqdly22bMan of the Match at Goodison Park, a true career highlight28 Sep 2026 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkpxqdly22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mwj6u2dals25EXC: 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 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/burnham-farage-popular-polling-persuasion-3770211127 Sep 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwj6u2dals25https://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mwi4q3vfss2aEXC: 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. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/cap-benefits-cruel-two-child-3770251227 Sep 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwi4q3vfss2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mwee2p7ij22bEXC: 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 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/rayner-high-streets-community-business-3770205225 Sep 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwee2p7ij22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mwe5cwmlq22jAndy Burnham has now categorically ruled out snap election, which does not mean there won't be a snap election https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/burnham-early-election-rules-out-3770358625 Sep 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwe5cwmlq22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mwdirvvyvk2i[Serious journalist voice] That instagram reel of a politician is not totally authentic, our investigation can reveal25 Sep 2026 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdirvvyvk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mw25eilhi22eShopping at Lib Dem conference21 Sep 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw25eilhi22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mvzgfzqids2sSir Ed Davey tells me keeping Nigel Farage out of Downing Street is a "moral responsibility", and the “most serious” task of his political career https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/reform-farage-davey-lib-dems-3768245021 Sep 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzgfzqids2shttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mvv4gekmac26EXC: 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 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/school-support-staff-unison-warning-3767997419 Sep 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv4gekmac26https://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mvusajrzik2rSpoke to Sagal Abdi-Wali about diversity being a strength, Burnham bringing back hope, and why Labour is still the biggest vehicle for social change https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/starmer-sagal-starmer-racism-election-3767369219 Sep 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvusajrzik2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mvugehii522cWriting 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. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/israel-gaza-labour-ashworth-sanctions-3767983319 Sep 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvugehii522chttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mvuaveails2zLong read on the Lib Dems and Sir Ed Davey's leadership https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/ed-davey-liberal-democrats-conference-3767721219 Sep 2026 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvuaveails2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mvncwnynec2lI don't imagine 285 villagers voting to rejoin the EU would generate quite as much coverage as this Piddington nonsense16 Sep 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvncwnynec2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mvdg4joqus2pEXC: 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. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/farage-donations-scandal-dubai-investigation-3765241412 Sep 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdg4joqus2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mvd2bqld7c2iReform UK have been given the same amount from crypto billionaires in the past 48 hours that Arsenal spent buying Nicolas Pépé12 Sep 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvd2bqld7c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mvcxhtnknc2kEXC: 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. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/royal-mail-blasted-repeatedly-missing-3765347312 Sep 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcxhtnknc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mvacgbsaus2xGreen Party leader Zack Polanski confirmed for by-election https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/polanski-green-labour-starmer-election-3765089911 Sep 2026 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvacgbsaus2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mv4bklyoqk2lFull story as Labour select Camden Council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali to stand in Keir Starmer's old seat https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/labour-election-starmer-holborn-pancras-3764523709 Sep 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4bklyoqk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mv4b55runs2hSagal Abdi-Wali selected as Labour's candidate for Holborn & St Pancras09 Sep 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4b55runs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mv3hinf2x22iThe 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 settlements09 Sep 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3hinf2x22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3muzmngbuv22sEXC: 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." https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/farage-burka-donations-face-coverings-3764105908 Sep 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzmngbuv22shttps://bsky.app/profile/alexofbrown.bsky.social/post/3mus4m244g22gThe Green Party deputy is a landlord https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/green-party-polanski-deputy-landlord-98nl22bl505 Sep 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:hjzrsidi2bunulpkuoyoe4bv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus4m244g22g