
Tom Peck
Parliamentary Sketch Writer at The Times
Parliamentary Sketch Writer and TV columnist @thetimes
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5 days ago |
thetimes.com | Tom Peck
Some people might find it hard to believe that Ewan McGregor and his mate Charley Boorman have been making motorbike-based travel shows for 20 whole years, but not me. It was almost 20 years ago, on my second day's paid work as a journalist, freelancing in the world of showbiz gossip, that I bumped into Boorman at a book launch and he told me all about his new TV series, By Any Means, which I think involved riding a camel from Ireland to Sydney. Was Ewan involved in this one?
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6 days ago |
thetimes.com | Tom Peck
Narendra Modi, had a very busy day on Tuesday: the Indian prime minister signed a trade deal with the UK and then celebrated by bombing Pakistan. These twin events made for a curious start to prime minister’s questions. With his first breath, Keir Starmer urged India to stop bombing Pakistan, and also urged Pakistan to stop bombing India back again. And then, with his second breath, he congratulated himself on his big new trade deal with India.
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1 week ago |
thetimes.com | Tom Peck
The House of Commons opened for business with a historic moment. With Nigel Farage to the left of her and Lee Anderson to the right, Sarah Pochin walked 15 short steps toward the dispatch box, placed her hand upon the Bible and became the first MP for Runcorn & Helsby in almost a decade never to have been jailed for punching a constituent.
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1 week ago |
thetimes.com | Tom Peck
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1 week ago |
thetimes.com | Tom Peck
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