Sean O'Grady

Associate Editor at the @independent, formerly Economics Editor. Views my own. Fox. Also at @[email protected] 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱

[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

@hiltonholloway I don’t doubt that, but the principle stands.

[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

@hiltonholloway I think it came up in the Scarman Report, and variously after when public trust broke down, including the 2011 riots. It means the police cannot behave like an occupying army because it won’t work.

[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

@worstall Allow the IOPC to do its work.

[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

@MikePaddyfield @visegrad24 Allow the IOPC to do its work. Examine the evidence. Read the court proceedings. Then judge.

[Jane @JaneFranklin99]

Normandy veterans Henry Rice and Ken Hay - both 100 - on Sword Beach once more. @ForcesNews #D-Day

[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

@MikePaddyfield @visegrad24 “This investigation is going to fully establish the circumstances of the case including whether there may be misconduct on the part of any of the officers involved.” IOPC

[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

@Benpagelondon Worked fine in Hungary

[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

@Benleo Diplo-speak for asking them to refrain from commenting on an ally’s domestic affairs.
If only they’d speak up about Putin‘s Russia.

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

We all need to resist attempts like this to politicise Henry Nowak’s death and divide our country - whether they come from MAGA politicians like Vance or their cronies here in the UK.

[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

Dear President Trump, Vice President Vance and Secretary Rubio: Butt Out! https://t.co/IJy0difOaR...
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[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

@trussliz Too right. Can’t even afford a family holiday.
https://t.co/eA4t0oPkH6

[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

@JDVance Read the judge‘s remarks. That’s not correct on any level. Even if it was it is none of America’s business. It’s a matter for the British government, parliament and people.
Dear President Trump: Butt Out! https://t.co/IJy0difOaR...
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[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

@SpeakerJohnson Tell Trump

[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

@reformparty_uk If he wins he’ll be a paid MP, and, just possibly one day a Whitehall minister. He will certainly be a professional politician who need never explore a U-bend ever again. He’ll be elite. What link did Farage ever have to the places he stood in? This local boy stuff is guff.

[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

@TiceRichard When he was told Vorders was watching and wants an apology for his sniffy remarks he looked like he’d dropped his wrench down the khazi 🚽

[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

@StateDept Mind your own business.

[Sean O'Grady @_SeanOGrady]

‼️Gaffe

[Nicholas Watt @nicholaswatt]

Exc: Kemi Badenoch has told me that conflict over identity politics in the UK could lead to a potential civil war in the long term.

NB: my interview with the Conservative leader for a Radio 4 documentary on Englishness was conducted last month and so is not in response to the events of this week
https://t.co/ZfHJrav6Hi

[Survation. @Survation]

Makerfield By-Election Update:
https://t.co/1qzdOOW1SO

Survation conducted a new poll of the Makerfield constituency. Fieldwork was conducted by telephone among 518 adults in the constituency between 26th May and 1st June 2026. A combination of landline and mobile data were used.

Methodology Statement
Population Sampled: All residents aged 18+ living in the Makerfield parliamentary constituency.

Total Sample Size: 518

Data Collection Method: Telephone interview. A combination of landline and mobile data were used.

Fieldwork Dates: 26th May – 1st June 2026

Data Weighting: Data were weighted to the profile of all adults in Makerfield constituency aged 18+. Data were weighted by age, sex, ward and 2024 General Election vote.

Targets for the weighted data were derived from Office for National Statistics data and the results of the 2024 UK General Election.

Margin of Error: Because only a sample of the full population was interviewed, all results are subject to a margin of error. For example, in a question where 50% gave a particular answer, with a sample of 518 it is 95% certain that the “true” value would fall within 4.8 percentage points of the sample result.

Headline by-election voting intention - Table V2 (likelihood-weighted, undecided/refused removed, no squeeze):

Candidate / Party / Vote share

Andy Burnham - Labour 49%
Robert Kenyon - Reform UK 39%
Rebecca Shepherd - Restore Britain 8%
Sarah Wakefield - Green Party 2%
Jake Austin - Liberal Democrat 1%
Michael Winstanley - Conservative 1%
Another party <1%

Base: likely voters, factored by likelihood to vote, with undecided and refused voters removed

Data tables are available here: https://t.co/mAcxDeCGIQ