Mark Paul

London Correspondent, The Irish Times. “Pontificating Brit” - Twitter. (I’m actually from Wicklow). I have more questions than answers. Not in Saved By The Bell

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

@sjanemurf I did. That was a year ago though!

[Shabana Mahmood MP @ShabanaMahmood]

This morning I have spoken to the head of @TerrorismPolice. Following new information and evidence, they are now leading on the investigation into the horrific murder of Ann Widdecombe.

The police are pursuing multiple lines of enquiry to establish the motivation for this attack. I will be updating the House further this afternoon.

My thoughts today remain with Ann’s family and friends, and all those who loved her.

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

Breaking:

Andy Burnham is now expected to become prime minister on July 20, the day after the World Cup final

He is expected to become Labour leader on Friday, 17 July

However precedent means that he cannot become prime minister on the same day

As a result the handover between Starmer and Burnham is scheduled for the Monday

[Mark Coughlan @Mark_Coughlan]

“For days now…”

Those details were revealed by journalists in the OCCRP and Irish Times after a proper journalistic investigation.

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

‘Lack of housing’ a factor in Irish emigration to UK, says Catherine Connolly on first visit to Britain https://t.co/1O1b5Boqso

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

I’m intrigued by the argument that Labour can’t change the leader as the Tories did. Does anyone think it was a bad idea when May was replaced by Johnson- when he won an 80 seat majority? Or that Johnson should have been replaced after Partygate? Or that Truss should have been replaced for being Truss? In each case, it minimised political damage.

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

@TomOHanlon17 And cheese & onion crisps

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

‘Name one thing invented by the Irish that improved the world? Zero’ – Local elections heat up in London https://t.co/d4cIFYZIdd

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

Well worth a read, this piece

[Tom McTague @TomMcTague]

This week’s cover of the @NewStatesman.

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

@fergalreid Cheers Fergal. The three families connected to Nottingham have suffered more than I can fathom

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

A young Irish citizen from a Dublin family, pictured here on Grafton Street at Christmas.

Grace O’Malley-Kumar, killed in Nottingham attacks ‘was too good to be true’, say parents

https://t.co/9T9r1QMUt8

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

@drsanjoykumar Thanks to you and your wife Sinead for the time you gave me, and for everything you told me about Grace.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

A hilarious April fools video made by the police

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

@roslynfuller @stephenfhwebb Ref Q wasn’t just to repeal. Q was to repeal and also give Dáil specific power. Same Q got 55% in assembly - that might be the most relevant. Using 87% to make point made in Pol Ex report was inarguably misleading. But I don’t care enough to spend weekend arguing it! Best wishes

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

@stephenfhwebb @saschaosullivan @Jack_Blanchard_ @roslynfuller 87% of the assembly voted to not retain the 8th amendment in full. But within that 87% were different shades. The scenario that won a 66% Yes vote in the referendum (delete the 8th and let parliament legislate) was backed by only 55% in assembly. Not 87% as your reports suggests

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

@stephenfhwebb @saschaosullivan @Jack_Blanchard_ @roslynfuller It's simply wrong, as the report suggests, to say that 87% in the assembly voted for the same thing that only 66% backed in the referendum. That's just not true.

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

Hosted by the very sound Sascha, of the Australian O’Sullivans

[Sascha O'Sullivan @saschaosullivan]

NEW ep: How to fix British politics — with help from around the world

🗳️ compulsory voting w/ Lab MP Lauren Edwards
📊Polling bans in Italy
👥 Citizens assemblies in Ireland w/ @MarkPaulTimes
🇺🇸 A US-style cabinet w/ @Jack_Blanchard_

Link below ⬇️

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

@Farrell86O @abetucker_ I see he has deleted it now anyway. Deliberately misleading stuff like that really makes me grind my teeth. That it was from a political head of comms was all the more exasperating

[Mark Paul @MarkPaulTimes]

@Farrell86O @abetucker_ This is the front page. Don’t fall for that other lad’s tiresome shit stirring, which he might lamely pretend is a “joke” but which is really just par for his long, boring, embittered course….