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Joe Murphy

Sketch Writer at The Independent

Sketch-writing for the @Independent newspaper at Westminster. Ex-Political Editor of the Evening Standard, the Sunday Telegraph & the Mail on Sunday.

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  • 2 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Joe Murphy

    SketchThere was charm, a UK delegation with folders and even Steve Bray with a speaker at the UK-EU Summit, writes Joe Murphy. But surprisingly, there was no talk of borders, just ‘great British burgers’. Brexit is back – and as strange as ever“Have you sold out the fish, Keir Starmer?” yelled the bloke from GB News as the prime minister walked stiffly from his car to the EU summit.

  • 3 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Joe Murphy

    The price surge has shifted shoppers’ expectations, and many have begun to make peace with much higher costs, however grudgingly. The average price consumers say they’d pay for a dozen eggs is $5.56, the market research firm Numerator reported last month, up sharply from $4.90 in January. “This increased willingness to pay over the past few months indicates consumers are growing accustomed to higher egg prices, either consciously or subconsciously,” the researchers said.

  • 3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Joe Murphy |Rich Bellis |Jing Feng

    21 hours agoSpring is in the air, bringing a renewed approach to what we choose to pour into our glasses. Spring invites a reset—lighter clothes, longer evenings and for some, fewer drinks. In the growing world of non-alcoholic wine, rosé has quietly stepped forward, shedding its reputation for cloying …

  • 1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Erika Edwards |Joe Murphy

    The measles outbreak that’s sickened hundreds and killed two young girls since January appears to be slowing in West Texas as the virus runs out ofpeople to infect. On Tuesday, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported a total of 702 measles cases, an increase of 19 since the agency’s last update on Friday. Ninety-one people have been hospitalized since the beginning of the outbreak. About two-thirds were kids.

  • 1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Joe Murphy

    The Colorado Rockies’ view up the National League West Division is as steep as the mountain range in their name. With the month of May just days old, the Rockies are 6-28 and already a whopping 17.5 games out of first place — by far MLB’s greatest deficit — and playing a brand of terrible baseball rarely seen in the past century. AdvertisementColorado has already had separate eight-game losing streaks and a six-game slide.

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Joe Murphy @JoeMurphyLondon
25 Apr 25

RT @IndyVoices: What happened when flag-waving Rachel Reeves went to Maga-land, cap in hand? | Joe Murphy (@JoeMurphyLondon) https://t.co/9…

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Joe Murphy @JoeMurphyLondon
24 Apr 25

RT @WarMovieTheatre: NEW EPISODE: This week, @DuncanWeldon dresses up as @RobDotHutton in an effort to make the Nazis believe the podcast w…

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Joe Murphy @JoeMurphyLondon
26 Mar 25

RT @tompeck: Why does the Germany to Denmark tunnel, which is eleven miles long and forty metres under the sea, cost £6bn? And the new Kent…