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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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EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham’s rescue dog Axel is NOT moving to London. No 10 source confirms Axel staying at Burnhams’ home in Manc Healey has no pets at No 11, so Larry will be only political animal in Downing St Get my book Political Animals @ petercardwell.com /Amz/shops
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Next on Talk 7-10pm with @petercardwell - watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=R1wNVbTp… - Piddington fights back against migrant camp - Met launches investigation into David Walliams - Ex-Hamas bodyguard with UK citizenship unmasked as terror attack plotter 📞0344 499 1000
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A lovely evening to say cheerio and thank you to our brilliant hair/make-up artist @TalkTV Vanessa, pictured with her colleague Martyna (L) and me (Despite the raw material, these brilliant women make me look vaguely human each evening so I don’t scare people over their dinner)
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Eleanor Donaldson will spend five years on the sex offenders register and must complete a three year supervision and treatment order, for offences of aiding and abetting her paedophile husband former MP Jeffrey Donaldson, more to follow @BelTel
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🚨“Are the government going to stop the boats? NO, THEY’RE NOT!” Dr Lisa McKenzie raises the question of where to put migrants if not in dedicated camps like in Piddington. @petercardwell | @redrumlisa
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🚨BREAKING: Russell Brand has been accused of sexual misconduct by six more women as the comedian and actor begins his ten-year sentence for rape and sexual assault. @petercardwell
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🚨“Not once has that COWARD said anything to us. Not once!” Piddington resident Jamie Perkin hits out at Andy Burnham as his government approves plans for a migrant camp near Piddington. @petercardwell
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🚨“I felt they were always going to try and push this through because it fits their narrative.” Piddington resident Jamie Perkin joins Peter live from Piddington as Angela Rayner approves plans for a nearby migrant camp. @petercardwell
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🚨“Please, if you are a victim, come forward.” In the wake of allegations made against David Walliams, Peter Bleksley calls for victims to come forward and report crimes to the police. @petercardwell | @PeterBleksley
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🚨“I don’t see why the rest of your adult life should be blighted by a crime you did as a child.” Peter Bleksley weighs in on the decision to allow childhood offences to be removed from the criminal records of adults who keep a clean record. @petercardwell | @PeterBleksley
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🚨“You reap what you sow, I suppose.” Talk’s James Liney takes to the streets to ask the public whether they have any sympathy for David Walliams. @petercardwell | @jameslineytv
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🚨“It scares people when you have so many undocumented migrants coming.” Matthew Goodwin-Freeman reacts to Angela Rayner approving plans for a migrant camp near Piddington despite backlash from the village. @petercardwell | @MGoodwinFreeman
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Coming up on Talk with @petercardwell: youtube.com/live/zJMucwUjfm0… - Two men found guilty of spying for Iran after coming to the UK in the back of a lorry and on a small boat. - Child drug dealers will have their criminal records wiped if they keep a clean record. - Ed Miliband finally says he ‘deeply regrets’ appearing on Russell Brand’s web show. - And on the debate desk: Conservative councillor Matthew Goodwin-Freeman and political commentator Ebs Akintade. 📞0344 499 1000
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Despite having more ex-PMs than ever, only one of them is in the Commons They said Rishi Sunak would be straight off to California Today he asked a question about parking at a local railway station
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💥💥💥I have some personal news.... I've been at @talktv since our first day on air in 2016 but, after 10 amazing years, I am leaving the station next Thursday 19th Nov. I adore my brilliant colleagues and guests, and my wonderful audience, but I am moving on to pastures new. More news soon! news.co.uk/latest-news/julia…
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I am an elder millennial. I promise you that if I am calling, I already know I cannot solve this issue online. PLEASE LET ME SPEAK TO A PERSON.
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🚨“If we are going to transition to some sort of World War Three, it’s not going to be your conventional warfare.” Peter speaks to security specialist Will Geddes about what a new world war could look like. @petercardwell | @willgeddes
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🚨“It’s saying the BLEEDING obvious.” Annunziata Rees-Mogg, head of comms at Popular Conservatism, reacts to David Cameron warning Andy Burnham not to seek to rejoin the EU. @petercardwell | @zatzi
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🚨“We’re educators, not indoctrinators.” Executive headteacher Serge Cefai criticises teacher standards as Kemi Badenoch hits out at 'woke' teachers brainwashing pupils. @petercardwell
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🚨“I will walk into a Year 8 class and I have to teach about RE-GENDERING the story of Cinderella!” Peter speaks to Courtney, a supply teacher, about what she’s seen first-hand in the school system. @petercardwell
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