Mark Paul

Mark Paul

London Correspondent

Mark Paul is London Correspondent for The Irish Times

Downing Street trying to play down Andy Burnham comments on Russia’s role in Brexit

UK prime minister seemed to suggest on politics podcast that Putin influenced outcome of Brexit referendum

Labour holds on to Starmer’s seat as Polanski and Greens lose sheen

Greens have been on the slide in polls since Polanski became the target of intense media scrutiny

Andy Burnham’s first ballot box test: Labour take on Zack Polanski for Starmer’s old seat

Holborn and St Pancras byelection will offer the first indication of whether Labour can retain disillusioned progressive voters under its new leader

Tory party conference might have revealed British right’s new Brexit

Kemi Badenoch uses conference to sketch a low-tax, anti-migration vision while ruling out pact with Reform UK

In search of Llandudno’s Kashmiri goats and their rebel spirit

Llandudno Letter: Wild herd on the Great Orme became famous for taking over the deserted town during Covid lockdown

At Plaid Cymru’s annual party conference, it wasn’t always clear who the protesters were

After destroying Labour in May’s Senedd elections, Plaid Cymru is now in charge

‘If you don’t like it, don’t come’: proud locals bristle at Blackpool’s dark tourism reputation

It has always been a hotspot for fun, sticks of rock and rollercoasters, but now it also has a surfeit of addicts and deprivation

Is Brexit back on the agenda for Britain?

Irish Times London Correspondent, Mark Paul, looks at Andy Burnham's Labour Conference speech and his parties shifting policy around Brexit.

The Brexit debate is back. Could Britain rejoin the EU?

Ten years after leaving the bloc, shifting public opinion is reopening a question once thought settled

‘We thought this was over’: Drumcree’s return confuses Labour’s faithful in Liverpool

Party members in the most Irish city in Britain ponder the reopening of the wounds of a divided past

UK prime minister Andy Burnham rises to his big moment with emotional conference speech

Labour Party leader opens the door to potential EU return for Britain

‘Hope again’: Labour members rejoice but tough tests await

New leader Andy Burnham has energised supporters, yet economic pressures will quickly test the new administration

The town carrying Britain’s AI dream is starting to revolt

Slough is Europe’s ‘data centre alley’ but some locals are opposed to intensity of development

Something is stirring in Middle England

A row over asylum seekers in an Oxfordshire village exposes a hardening mood in rural England

Ministers seek more help with third-level fees and return of energy credits in budget

Extension of rent-a-room relief and cost-of-disability payment mooted, cut in tax on home heating oil ‘certain’

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