Alex Partridge
@alexpartridge87.bsky.social
BBC News in Westminster
Downing Street spokeswoman on a call this afternoon between Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Volodymyr Zelenskyy:
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Downing Street spokeswoman on a call this afternoon between Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Volodymyr Zelenskyy:
I would hate this actually. Glad I’m not there if anything.
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I would hate this actually. Glad I’m not there if anything.
Breaking: Xbox 360 now old enough to be of interest to a magazine about “retro gaming”
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Breaking: Xbox 360 now old enough to be of interest to a magazine about “retro gaming”
Handy explainer for how the World Cup qualifying playoffs work 👇
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Handy explainer for how the World Cup qualifying playoffs work 👇
Don’t think it was mentioned in parliament or the HO briefing but it is in the statement on the website, right at the end of part 1
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Don’t think it was mentioned in parliament or the HO briefing but it is in the statement on the website, right at the end of part 1
Another appointment from the world of newspapers on the Number 10 media team
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Another appointment from the world of newspapers on the Number 10 media team
Got this on my screen right now. Hoping it’ll be Pages from Ceefax next.
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Got this on my screen right now. Hoping it’ll be Pages from Ceefax next.
She pulled a pint and it’s not the worst one I’ve ever seen by a politician, have to say.
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
She pulled a pint and it’s not the worst one I’ve ever seen by a politician, have to say.
Thank you, Sky News, for your view on the Sky-ITV merger
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Thank you, Sky News, for your view on the Sky-ITV merger
Me contemplating retiring to the coast
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Me contemplating retiring to the coast
A flavour of the debate from my notes
October 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A flavour of the debate from my notes
NEW: Former MP and minister Johnny Mercer has a mullet now
October 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
NEW: Former MP and minister Johnny Mercer has a mullet now
2024 v today. Quite the refurb job done on the White Horse and Bower on the corner of Horseferry Road and Monck Street
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
2024 v today. Quite the refurb job done on the White Horse and Bower on the corner of Horseferry Road and Monck Street
Houses of Parliament 2025 Christmas jumper has landed! Yours for £45.
October 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Houses of Parliament 2025 Christmas jumper has landed! Yours for £45.
Philippe Coutinho (Aston Villa, 2022-25)
October 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Philippe Coutinho (Aston Villa, 2022-25)
Tom Tugendhat heckles minister Chris Ward as a "petty little man" and tells him to "stop playing politics" over China spy trial collapse. Tugendhat later apologised.
October 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Tom Tugendhat heckles minister Chris Ward as a "petty little man" and tells him to "stop playing politics" over China spy trial collapse. Tugendhat later apologised.
Seems remarkable this evidence wasn’t considered enough to prosecute
October 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Seems remarkable this evidence wasn’t considered enough to prosecute
Hey, don’t I know you from somewhere
October 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Hey, don’t I know you from somewhere
He’s speaking next to a Russian built, Iranian designed Shahed drone of the kind being used to attack Ukrainian cities and infrastructure
October 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
He’s speaking next to a Russian built, Iranian designed Shahed drone of the kind being used to attack Ukrainian cities and infrastructure
Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk speaking at Portcullis House. He’s calling for the UK to designate Russia a terrorist state
October 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk speaking at Portcullis House. He’s calling for the UK to designate Russia a terrorist state
From the hall during Starmer’s speech, can you tell where the press seats are
September 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
From the hall during Starmer’s speech, can you tell where the press seats are
Overheard at Labour conference: “isn’t that Armando Iannucci? What is he doing?”
September 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Overheard at Labour conference: “isn’t that Armando Iannucci? What is he doing?”