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Peter Cardwell

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Peter Cardwell

@petercardwell

Author, Political Animals & The Secret Life of Special Advisers. @TalkTV presenter 7pm-10pm weekdays & sometimes @timesradio. Was SpAd to four Cabinet ministers

London/Richhill, Co Armagh

Joined March 2009

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Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
Jun 17
I’m off for a few days but back on air soon Sun: @TimesRadio Breakfast with @rosiewright99 from 6am-10am Mon: Back on The Evening Exchange on @TalkTV from 7pm-10pm & each weeknight as normal @DuncanBarkes is filling in for me on @TalkTV tonight (Weds), tomorrow and Friday
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Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
Sep 11, 2025
The fact Gary Lineker has won NTA Presenter of the Year after being sacked for retweeting an antisemitic meme tells you everything you need to know about our nation.
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Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
Sep 5, 2025
Harriet Harman: “She [Rayner] is not a lawyer. It’s not her job to get the law right or wrong.” Er… I’m not a lawyer either and neither is most of the population, but I’m fairly sure we all have to stay within the law anyway, Harriet (who is a qualified solicitor).
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Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
Oct 8, 2021
Brokey was the best of politics and the best of humanity — twice my boss, who became like a brother. He combined integrity, humanity, diligence and fun like no one else. Three weeks ago we danced around his kitchen to Nicky Minaj. I can’t believe he’s gone. #TeamBrokeyForever
Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
Sep 11, 2025
21,100 or so, last time I looked. So that’s fewer. The other difference between Gary Lineker and me is that I’m not an antisemite.
Paul Watson 💙
@PhilWat10127274
Sep 11, 2025
Replying to @petercardwell
Gary's has nine million Twitter followers And you?
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Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
Jul 6, 2024
BREAKING CONFIRMED — senior Downing Street source tells me Jojo, the Starmers’ rescue cat, is moving into No 10 shortly. Full analysis from @CatsProtection on @TalkTV tomorrow from 10am to 1pm (whole show not on Jojo, sadly, mainly as my producer won’t let me). #AdoptDontShop
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Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
Jun 20, 2025
Hi Andrew, I'm a presenter on @TalkTV who interviewed the PM at Nicola's house in Staffs yesterday. Answers to your Qs are: 1. Yes. 2. Yes, I met her. 3. No and no. 4. She's not an actress -- the evidence cited online is a photo that isn't her. 5. Yes, it's her house and kitchen.
Andrew Neil
@afneil
Jun 20, 2025
Lots of confusing stuff on X about this. So can we clear it up? 1. Is Nicola a genuine single mother with three children? 2. Is Nicola her real name? 3. Is she an actress? With a different name? 4. Whatever her name is she an actress who is also a single mother with three
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Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
Oct 7, 2022
Brokey left us a year ago today. A kind, brilliant, compassionate, thoughtful, funny and wise politician, boss and friend who I miss every day. #TeamBrokeyForever
Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
Nov 6, 2025
Martine Croxall corrected a factual error, changing "pregnant people" to "women", and is hauled over the coals. Meanwhile, the BBC News CEO and BBC chairman ignored a 19-page dossier from a senior adviser about Panorama doctoring a Trump clip and BBC anti-Israel bias.
BBC News (UK)
@BBCNews
Nov 6, 2025
Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says bbc.in/4hR2ehW
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Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
May 21, 2016
Can we just take a moment out of our day to sympathise with this poor person.
Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
Sep 28, 2025
PM said on Friday no one will be able to work in the UK without a Brit Card. Cabinet Minister @SteveReedMP tells me on @TalkTV it “isn’t a fully-formed policy” when I asked whether people in Northern Ireland who consider themselves Irish will have to have a Brit Card to work.
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Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
May 6, 2025
It’s over 48hrs since I asked Health Secretary @wesstreeting on @TalkTV the sum and % of the NHS budget spent on private healthcare in the UK He didn’t have the figure to hand; fair enough. However, his press office still hasn’t replied with the total I’ll update when it does
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Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
Apr 12, 2025
1. I support Israel's right to exist and Israelis' right to live peacefully. I've been critical of Netanyahu on air. 2. I'm not anti-Palestinian, but I am 100% anti-Hamas. 3. I do not want any Palestinian child to die. Hamas could stop this today by releasing the 59 hostages.
Sinesto Redeemo Heretico
@LGBTSRH
Apr 12, 2025
Replying to @petercardwell and @jayemdee63
Hi Peter. Why do you support Israel so fanatically? Do you care about Palestinian children being killed in their thousands?
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Peter Cardwell
@petercardwell
Jan 8, 2023
Brokey — the man, the legend — would have been 55 years old today. Missing my lovely friend and raising a Diet Coke in memory of a kind and brilliant man.
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