@DavidSamFrancis

London Playbook author. Personal account. Views are strictly unprofessional

 London, England
Joined September 2010
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Sam Blewett@BlewettSamJun 10
New: Even if Rupert Lowe insists Restore Britain isn’t a grudge project, it’s shaping up to present quite the threat to Nigel Farage’s ambitions
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Sam Blewett@BlewettSamJun 1
Excl: Messages between Peter Mandelson and Nick Thomas-Symonds were missing from today’s disclosures — because the Cabinet minister reported his phone stolen on October 15
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Dan Bloom@danbloom1May 13
WE’RE HIRING! Playbook is looking for a hard-working reporter to join the morning newsletter. Must love politics, policy, gossip and reading the news. If you looked at the last 48 hours and thought “yes please!” then we have questions … but you may be the perfect candidate
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Noah Keate@NoahKeateMay 13
Keen to learn more about the people gearing up to take on Keir Starmer for PM? That goes without saying. From Andy Burnham to Wes Streeting, there are many likely contenders desperate for the top job. My @POLITICOEurope analysis below with @BlewettSam and @DavidSamFrancis. 👇
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Dan Bloom@danbloom1Mar 25
🎉 London Playbook is the most-read newsletter among MPs by a wide margin, according to a YouGov poll for 5654 A testament to the ferocious hard work of @BlewettSam @9andrewmcdonald @bethanymrd @DavidSamFrancis @e_casalicchio @NoahKeate
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Dan Bloom@danbloom1Mar 25
Exc: King’s Speech “locked in” for May 13 Parliament set to be prorogued in the week of April 27 Prorogation will effectively serve as a deadline to publish the Mandelson Files… otherwise they won’t come until after the elections ⏰
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Dan Bloom@danbloom1Mar 13
NEW: "What is the point in this party?" "We will have to start again" Labour insiders look down the barrel of defeat in Wales — and wonder what it will mean for their existence after 104 years I teamed up w @saschaosullivan for our long read and Westminster Insider podcast ⬇️
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anne mcelvoy@annemcelvoyMar 4
That @estwebber and I thrilled to be included for UK Team POLITICO on the @TheHouseMag and @politicshome latest Women in Westminster list!
POLITICO Press@POLITICOPressMar 4
🎉 Many congratulations to POLITICO's @estwebber and @annemcelvoy, who have been named on The House magazine’s 2026 Women in Westminster list. 👉 politicshome.com/in-focus/wi… #WiW100
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My piece on the Gorton and Denton fallout 👇 politico.eu/article/keir-sta…

Starmer’s premiership is dying. Nobody knows how to save it.

Reeling from a by-election calamity, one Labour MP predicts the governing party will “sit and do nothing until at least May,” when another huge test looms.

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NEW ep🎙️Your complete guide to the Gorton & Denton by-election 🌳 Inside the Green campaign 🟩 How & why Labour ignored the Greens 👽 Why progressive voters turned away from Lab 👀 The future of three way Greens-Lab-Reform fights all that in more in link below @POLITICOEurope
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Dan Bloom@danbloom1Feb 27
... and how credibly they can keep presenting themselves as the party to hold off the right. Playbook via @DavidSamFrancis and @bethanymrd 👇 politico.eu/newsletter/londo…

Gorton goes Green

Presented by Instagram By SAM FRANCIS with BETHANY DAWSON PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser Good Friday morning. This is Sam Francis in …

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Bethany Dawson@bethanymrdJan 23
Farage has a Trump problem. Their bromance is putting off potential voters, with it being the top reason women wouldn’t vote Reform. In a focus group by More in Common, one woman said she’s worried Farage is just Trump’s “whipping boy.” Read my piece here: politico.eu/article/nigel-fa…

Nigel Farage’s support for Trump is putting off potential voters

A focus group this week found there is concern about the Reform UK leader’s relationship with the U.S. president.

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🚨Transfer News🚨 Done deal: I’m reactivating this Twitter account to announce I am heading to @POLITICOEurope to help write their essential morning London Playbook newsletter. Pending a medical will be writing alongside the excellent @9andrewmcdonald @BlewettSam and @bethanymrd DMs always open for stories, gossip and legal remedies for staying awake.
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I will always love the BBC. In my 15 years across @BBCParliament @BBCLondonNews @BBCRadio4 and @BBCPolitics BBC I’ve worked with some of the best in the business. It truly is an incredible place. But it’s time for a new challenge.
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Here: ⁦@BBCNews⁩ report by ⁦@DavidSamFrancis⁩ of my @bbcnewsnight interview with Nick Clegg who accuses right-wing US politicians, including JD Vance, of "rank hypocrisy" for attacking UK speech laws while silencing dissent at home bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2l7…

Clegg accuses Vance of 'hypocrisy' over free speech criticism

Many senior right-wing US figures attack UK free speech laws while "intimidating and bullying" critics, Sir Nick says.

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Joe Pike
@joepike6 Jun 2025
EXCL: Fraud culture was “pervasive” at Unite the Union, auditors say. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1w3…

Fraud culture was 'pervasive' at union, auditors say

There was a "pervasive fraud environment" at Unite the Union, a report obtained by the BBC has concluded.

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Growing number of MPs changing their mind on assisted dying. - Labour MPs Markus Campbell-Savours & Josh Fenton-Glynn join growing list switching to opposing the bill - Supporters are still confident it will pass - Understand gov't minister Chris Bryant among those now supporting, having previously abstained. w/ @DavidSamFrancis; produced by @imogenwallace6 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lk…

Growing number of MPs changing their mind on assisted dying

At least a dozen MPs who backed the bill or abstained now say they are likely to vote against it.

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Reeves’s CV exaggerated time at Bank of England bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77r…

Questions raised over Rachel Reeves’s CV and expenses after BBC investigation

The BBC has established the Chancellor left the Bank of England nine months earlier than she states in her LinkedIn profile.

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NEW The Chancellor changes her CV again, after BBC investigation: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77r…

Questions raised over Rachel Reeves’s CV and expenses after BBC investigation

The BBC has established the Chancellor left the Bank of England nine months earlier than she states in her LinkedIn profile.

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I support Jo White MP's call for DBS checks for parliamentarians. It’s important that we hold politicians to the highest standards. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yw…

MP calls for criminal record checks for parliamentarians

Labour's Jo White says MPs are given access to vulnerable people in their work, and calls for DBS checks.

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