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Birmingham Didn’t Turn Green. It Broke Apart.
A record Green surge tells one story. The numbers underneath tell a very different one.
15 hrs ago
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Mike Olley
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Olleys’ Live Returns with an Election Special from STEAMhouse
Filmed at STEAMhouse, Olleys’ Live returns with a candid election special as Khalid Mahmood and Ewan Mackey speak more freely beyond party lines.
May 14
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Mike Olley
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Birmingham Has Sacked Labour. Now It Has To Find A Government
Labour has fallen, Reform cannot govern, and Birmingham now faces the hardest question of all: who can assemble a coalition capable of actually running…
May 13
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Mike Olley
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EXCLUSIVE: Public-Interest Questions Raised Over MP Correspondence in Criminal Disclosure File
How Did Correspondence Involving Constituents and an MP’s Office Come to Appear Within Criminal Disclosure Material?
May 12
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Mike Olley
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Birmingham has voted. Now the councillors must take back the council.
Birmingham has shattered the old Labour machine. Now the city’s fractured council must decide who governs, and who really controls Birmingham.
May 11
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Mike Olley
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The Weekly Digest: What an Interesting Week
What a week it has been.
May 9
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Mike Olley
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Death of Labour?
Britain went to sleep before democracy had even finished speaking
May 8
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Mike Olley
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Birmingham’s Polling Day: When the Parties Broke and the City Was Left to Decide
Birmingham votes today amid party splits, public anger and political drift. The ballot paper has become a battlefield.
May 7
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Mike Olley
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How Toothpaste Became a Health Problem
We made basic health look expensive, and the system is paying.
May 6
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Mike Olley
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The Officer Party Is Running Birmingham, And You Can’t Vote It Out
Millions spent, strikes dragging on, and the real decision-makers remain unelected.
May 5
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Mike Olley
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Bobby Alden and the Erdington Test, Can Local Credibility Outrun National Decline
A café in Erdington, a well-known councillor, and a city in flux. Bobby Alden’s future may say more about Birmingham than his party.
May 4
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Mike Olley
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28,500 Readers, One Week, And Still Counting
There’s something quietly significant about that number.
May 2
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Mike Olley
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