Mark Paul

Dublin

London Correspondent at Irish Times

London Correspondent of The Irish Times. No longer a blue thick. I have more questions than answers. Let’s all speak freely. I was never in Saved By The Bell.

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Starmer says Britain’s era of ‘open borders’ is finished as Labour targets migration

2 days ago | irishtimes.com | Mark Paul

UK prime minister Keir Starmer has promised to end a “squalid chapter” in Britain’s history by cutting legal migration with tough laws designed to end an era of “open borders”. Mr Starmer, whose Labour Party was hammered this month by Nigel Farage‘s Reform UK in local elections, said he would “significantly” reduce the number of foreigners moving to Britain, although he declined to set a target.
Starmer agrees to quick US trade deal to save UK car industry

6 days ago | irishtimes.com | Mark Paul

Jonathan Reynolds, the UK’s secretary of state for business, had just finished a speech on Wednesday evening to business leaders at the Mansion House in the City of London when his phone rang. It was his officials, members of his negotiating team who had been in discussions with their US counterparts over a trade deal. The US under president Donald Trump had proposed an agreement.
Keir Starmer pressured by his own MPs to ‘stop pussyfooting around’

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Mark Paul

Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, is resisting pressure from within his own party to backtrack on harsh policies such as winter fuel cuts for pensioners, amid disquiet in the Labour Party following its disastrous performance in local elections in England last week.
Of all the culture war issues in Britain, the 20mph limit in London is one of the oddest

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Mark Paul

Driving in London is rarely enjoyable. There is, of course, the interminable traffic – data from TomTom, the GPS maps company, suggests the city is the slowest-moving in Europe. There is also the slightly peevish driving culture. Compared to the British, Irish drivers are at once cheekier and more polite – they might take liberties but they‘ll also let you away with your ones. London drivers, meanwhile, are joyless sticklers. Then there are the 20 miles per hour (32km/h) speed limits.
VE Day: Britain takes a break from its troubles to celebrate 80th anniversary

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Mark Paul

Politically divided, angsty Britain took a day off from its troubles to come together for its biggest display of ceremonial pomp since the coronation of King Charles two years ago, as it commemorated the 80th anniversary of its second World War victory in Europe (VE Day).
VE Day: Victory in Europe, angst in Britain

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Mark Paul

The sunshine that recently bathed Britain in a warm, yellow glow did little to ease a cold reality: the nation still seems ill at ease with itself over issues such as immigration. The depth of political division exposed by this week’s elections proved it. Meanwhile, Britain’s economy remains flat while the heyday of the nation’s public service totems, such as its beloved National Health Service (NHS), are a distant memory.
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK lives up to the hype, trouncing Labour and Tories in local election votes

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Mark Paul

Nigel Farage said two-party politics in Britain “has just died in front of our eyes” after his Reform UK produced a stunning performance in local and mayoral elections in England, leaving Labour and the Conservatives scrambling in its wake. Reform also beat Labour in a crucial Westminster byelection by a wafer-thin margin of just six votes to take the constituency of Runcorn and Helsby in Cheshire.
Tories braced for losses while Reform could emerge on top as parts of England hold local and mayoral votes

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Mark Paul

Voters in England go to the polls on Thursday in a slew of local and mayoral elections that are expected to herald a historic breakthrough for Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK party. Reform will go head-to-head with Labour for local authority dominance in parts of England’s east midlands and north, while the Conservatives seek to fend off a Liberal Democrats surge in the west and south of the country, according to Tory peer and elections guru, Robert Hayward.
Kneecap’s comments wouldn’t be forgotten in Westminster, where MP murders are potent memories

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Mark Paul

Journalists and visitors usually view sittings of the House of Commons from the galleries high above, looking down on the pates of MPs below. On non-sitting days, however, we can enter the empty debating chamber floor. You see details at ground floor level that you cannot see from above. You notice the speaker’s green velvet bag into which MPs traditionally stuffed motions accepted for debate – it’s where the phrase “it’s in the bag” comes from.
Irish man may have made call to British police that led to fatal incident, says watchdog

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Mark Paul

An Irish man shot dead by British police after they received a call wrongly saying a man fitting his description was carrying a gun, appears to have made the initial call to police himself, investigators have said. David Joyce (38), originally from the Mervue area of Galway but living in Milton Keynes, England, did not have a gun but was carrying a steak knife when he ran at armed officers who responded to the phone call.

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8 May 25

RT @louiseburne_: I'm the journalist Ruth is talking about We decry when things like this happen in the US. You can agree or disagree with…

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RT @DominicSelwood: An enormously great pleasure to discuss the differences in the Britain that celebrated VE Day in 1945 and now with @Mar…

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29 Apr 25

Westminster never forgets its murdered MPs - which is why Kneecap’s comments could not be overlooked https://t.co/MZwCjwREk7

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Articles

Starmer says Britain’s era of ‘open borders’ is finished as Labour targets migration

Starmer agrees to quick US trade deal to save UK car industry

Keir Starmer pressured by his own MPs to ‘stop pussyfooting around’

Of all the culture war issues in Britain, the 20mph limit in London is one of the oddest

VE Day: Britain takes a break from its troubles to celebrate 80th anniversary

VE Day: Victory in Europe, angst in Britain

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK lives up to the hype, trouncing Labour and Tories in local election votes

Tories braced for losses while Reform could emerge on top as parts of England hold local and mayoral votes

Kneecap’s comments wouldn’t be forgotten in Westminster, where MP murders are potent memories

Irish man may have made call to British police that led to fatal incident, says watchdog

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