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Basit Mahmood

Former Tory police chief will not face prosecution despite live ammunition being found at his home

Basit Mahmood
15 July, 2021

Jason Ablewhite had already resigned as police and crime commissioner in November 2019 after he allegedly sent an explicit photo to a woman on Facebook.

Unite’s Steve Turner says ‘no one can get close to his record’ and calls on Labour to offer ‘real opposition’

Basit Mahmood
9 July, 2021

‘I am standing on my record and nobody can touch that, they won’t even get close.’

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Labour launches petition asking ‘sulky’ Tory MP Lee Anderson not to watch the Euro 2020 final

Basit Mahmood
9 July, 2021

‘Lee Anderson was born in 1967. Are we entirely sure it hasn’t been him watching that was the problem all along?’

£10 notes pegged to a washing line

EXCLUSIVE: Majority of voters think people with large amounts of money can use it to ‘buy’ influence in UK politics, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
8 July, 2021

Voters of all major political parties agree that those with large amounts of money can use it to ‘buy influence’ in UK politics

Polling Station

How different parts of the left are reacting to the Batley and Spen result

Basit Mahmood
2 July, 2021

It’s a win of major significance not just for Kim Leadbeater but for the Labour Party nationally.

Islamophobia Awareness Month

EXCLUSIVE: Tories pause work on their own definition of Islamophobia two years after pledging to come up with one

Basit Mahmood
1 July, 2021

The Conservatives first pledged to set out the process for establishing a working definition of Islamophobia in May 2019.

Talk of leadership challenge to Keir Starmer increases as voters head to Batley and Spen

Basit Mahmood
1 July, 2021

‘The Batley and Spen by-election is seen by many as a key test for Starmer’s leadership’.

Matt Hancock at a Covid press conference

5 reasons why Matt Hancock’s alleged affair with aide is a matter of public interest

Basit Mahmood
25 June, 2021

If the allegations are true, then the health secretary would be in breach of the social distancing rules that his own department had issued in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19.

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Society of Editors ruthlessly mocked for ‘underwhelming’ donation towards diversity scheme

Basit Mahmood
24 June, 2021

‘The industry body for the UK press previously found itself in the middle of a media storm after claiming no section of UK press was bigoted’.

Only route for Starmer to Number 10 is through a confidence and supply agreement with other parties, Clive Lewis MP warns

Basit Mahmood
24 June, 2021

‘If Keir Starmer has any chance of being in Number 10, it will be the result of a confidence and supply agreement.’

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