Pippa Crerar
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Pippa Crerar
@PippaCrerar
Political Editor, The Guardian. Host of Politics Weekly podcast. Co-presenter @itvpeston Political Journalist of the Year 2026 @pressawardsuk
- Emmanuel Macron: “The United Kingdom is a friendly nation, regardless of its leaders, sometimes in spite of its leaders”.
- Health Sec Steve Barclay confronted by angry member of public over beleaguered ambulance service: “Twelve years. You’ve done bugger all about it”.
- Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby: “Those who serve will be loved and remembered longer than those who cling to power and privilege are long forgotten”.
- Keir Starmer kicks off his Queen’s Speech response by congratulating Boris Johnson on another first: “He’s the first resident of Downing Street to be a constituent of a Labour council.”
- Boris Johnson has just claimed a historic first - the first sitting British prime minister to have broken the law.
- Nicola Sturgeon quotes Suella Braverman who said it was her “dream” to see an asylum flight take off for Rwanda. She adds: “*My* dream is that we live in a world where those fleeing violence and oppression are shown compassion and treated like human beings, not shown the door.”
- Dominic Cummings: "Tens of thousands of people died, who didn't need to die." And there it is.
- Absolutely thrilled to have won Journalist of the Year at the @londonpressclub awards. Such an honour. It isn’t always the easiest job in the world, but my god I’m lucky to do it. 🙏🏽
- 👀Labour has bought up all the advertising on the Conservative Home website - the Tory members’ online bible - over the next few days and this is what readers will see…
- EXCLUSIVE: Extraordinary image of raucous Christmas party thrown by Tory aides at party HQ during coronavirus restrictions last year. Party hats, drinks, an entire buffet - while we were all banned from meeting just one other person socially indoors.
- Desk cleared, last story published, clocking off from @MirrorPolitics for the final time. It’s been a massive privilege. 🙏🏽
