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Senior Political Commentator @GBNEWS; also political comment for Sunday Mirror; formerly Britain’s longest serving political editor

House of Commons, London
Joined July 2009
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Out with @NigelNelson celebrating the #SmallPerson on his 18th birthday 🥳🥂. So proud of him (the small person, but the husband is pretty good too)
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'This shouldn't take years.' Nigel Nelson and Claire Pearsall CLASH over the Chancellor being accused of 'unhelpful fiddling' after welfare changes. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 🇬🇧 Become a Friend of GB News: gbnews.com/support
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'I don't see why we need to bring religious beliefs into it.' Nigel Nelson and Claire Pearsall discuss police forces warning against trick or treating this year.
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'Labour seems to favour taking private money when it suits them to fund all of these aspects.' Nigel Nelson and Claire Pearsall discuss Ministers' plans for 'off-the-books' defence funding.
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'When Burnham got the job, he promised to reverse 40-years of neoliberalism, instead we got 40 pence off gherkins.' Nigel Nelson and Carole Malone debate whether the budget served as a 'pre-election trap'.
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'Why is this a priority?!' Westminster's 'finest cross party couple' Claire Pearsall and Nigel Nelson clash over revelations that the Ministry of Defence spent £3m on diversity schemes.
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‘I think those changes came too late!’ Watch as former Conservative Immigration Minister Tom Pursglove debates Nigel Nelson over Shabana Mahmood’s plans to extend the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604
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Thanks to brilliant team on today's @GBNews show especially awesome @forster_k 👩‍🦰 & long-suffering @NigelNelson 😉 Huge thanks as always to fab viewers & listeners 🙏 #GBNews Back 3-6pm Thursday☺️
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‘You sold your family down the river... I think he’s skint!’ @DawnNeesom and @NigelNelson gives their take on Prince Harry’s reconciliation efforts with his brother and father following his exclusive GQ interview. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604
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‘People don’t want to see their politicians behaving like influencers.’ Claire Pearsall and Nigel Nelson respond to criticism of John Healey and Ed Miliband for a social media video of them tasting Thai snacks in a tuk-tuk in Bangkok ahead of the Budget.
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'It's a lie that people didn't know what they were voting for!' Tempers flare as Martin Daubney and Nigel Nelson discuss as yet unproven claims by Andy Burnham that Russia somehow interfered in the Brexit Referendum. 🇬🇧 Become a Friend of GB News: gbnews.com/support
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“Government departments are getting away with this” @claire_pearsall and @NigelNelson clash over civil servants voting to strike to work from home.
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Me and @NigelNelson at a Regimental Dinner last night. Good food, good company and lots of military music 🎶
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'It’s fundamentally unfair that you’ve been taxed on everything, and then you get hit again.' Claire Pearsall reacts to Kemi Badenoch’s proposed inheritance tax changes. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 🇬🇧 Become a Friend of GB News: gbnews.com/support
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Senior Political Correspondent @NigelNelson and @TheCaroleMalone react as new figures show the BBC pays white staff less on average than minority ethnic colleagues.
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