Peston
@itvpeston
Followers
76,941
Following
833
Media
7,839
Statuses
12,200
#Peston Watch live every Wednesday at 9pm online & 10.45pm on @ITV . RTs ≠ agreement. Tweets may be used on air.
Joined March 2016
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
DAHYUN
• 47509 Tweets
Clippers
• 35623 Tweets
#บางกอกคณิกาMeetAndซี้ด
• 33169 Tweets
ネルフェス
• 28458 Tweets
DwiTUNGGAL PRABOWOGIBran
• 23036 Tweets
FokusKERJA FokusSIAPKAN
• 22221 Tweets
All To Nene D-Day
• 18967 Tweets
GW後半戦
• 15875 Tweets
NCT DREAM TDS3 SEOUL DAY1
• 12453 Tweets
ペンラ8000円
• 11422 Tweets
キスマイ
• 10248 Tweets
Pinned Tweet
We are 🅻🅸🆅🅴 comment below & share to join the debate
Joining
@Peston
&
@AnushkaAsthana
tonight 👇
🧰
@Jeremy_Hunt
🏴
@AnasSarwar
💷Justin King
🌹
@BellRibeiroAddy
🟡
@libdemdaisy
💻LIVE 9PM
@itvpeston
📺10.45PM
@ITV
#Peston
10
7
7
“What an absolute load of rubbish... Did anyone else’s friends get contracts?”
Watch
@JessPhillips
and
@MattHancock
disagree over the handling of PPE contracts during the pandemic.
#Peston
1K
7K
24K
“Brexit, for our industry, there’s not a single positive about it”
@ChefTomKerridge
describes the huge staffing shortage in the hospitality industry, telling
@Peston
that there are many hospitality businesses closing 2-3 days a week due to a lack of workers.
#Peston
1K
3K
9K
Dominic Grieve says he was appalled by applause in Parliament today and that Boris Johnson is a “pathological liar” with “no moral compass of any kind at all”
#Peston
294
3K
7K
🚨NEW
Our inaugural
#ITVYouthTracker
found that a massive 86% of young people aged 18-25 would vote to rejoin the EU if there was another referendum 🔥
REJOIN 86%
STAY OUT 14%
@Savanta_UK
@AnushkaAsthana
@itvnews
#Peston
629
2K
6K
“Two things tipped this, this drama and the fact there’s an election”
Ian Hislop quotes a former sub-postmistress who says that the Government only started to take the Post Office scandal victims seriously because they were worried about losing their seats.
#Peston
111
2K
6K
“It feels like unions are opposing modernisation”
“You don’t know that, you haven’t been in our position”
Watch
@RobertJenrick
and Mick Lynch clash over the reasons why
@RMTUnion
members have been striking on
@ITV
at 10.45pm
#Peston
846
1K
5K
In our ad break
@Nigel_Farage
came up with a poll and he wants to know what would you vote for next week?
#Peston
No Deal Brexit
6598
PM's Deal
461
Another Referendum
2355
Revoke Article 50
7689
2K
3K
5K
.
@jessphillips
says Boris Johnson has “surrendered his morality” adding that his language has been used in death threats against her.
#Peston
334
1K
4K
“Putin can turn off the gas tap, but as far as I’m aware, he can’t turn off the wind”
Broadcaster & Conservationist
@ChrisGPackham
criticises the Government’s decision to approve Rosebank oil and gas field, arguing the UK should invest in renewables instead.
#Peston
1K
1K
4K
“What Paul Scully said today has made people all day, on the internet, and from around the country attack the people who I represent. And it is absolutely despicable.”
Labour’s
@jessphillips
responds to Paul Scully saying parts of Birmingham are “no-go” areas
#Peston
405
1K
4K
“If you were to be fully transparent, you’d be found wanting”
“Have you got any evidence for that?”
Watch
@jessphillips
and
@JamesCleverly
clash over Russian money in the UK.
#Peston
354
1K
4K
Editor of
@PrivateEyeNews
Ian Hislop and Conservative
@JakeBerry
don’t seem to agree about the Government’s handling of the Post Office scandal 👀
#Peston
343
780
4K
"The public mood is desperate, it's angry... if we don't sort this... I worry about civil unrest."
@MartinSLewis
pleads with the government to act on the cost of living crisis urgently.
Watch the full interview on
@ITV
at 10.45pm
#Peston
274
1K
3K
.
@Peston
: “Could you leave the country?”
@ImranKhanPTI
: “No way. This is my home”
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan says he will never abandon his country, even though his life is at risk
Watch the full interview 👇
💻 LIVE 9PM
@itvpeston
📺 1045PM
@ITV
#Peston
114
2K
3K
.
@CarolineLucas
says Brexit is reckless and Labour should ‘have a bit of spine’ and call for a People’s Vote
#Peston
114
824
3K
“I’ve never seen such utter tosh in my entire life”
@Nigel_Farage
responds to the release of the
#Yellowhammer
papers.
#Peston
1K
1K
3K
Dominic Grieve says he’d be shortchanging his constituents if he didn't run as an Independent MP in the General Election
#Peston
235
623
3K
“Criticising Israeli policies or actions is not antisemitism”
Israeli Human Rights Lawyer
@sfardm
warns accusations of antisemitism are being used to stifle criticism of Israeli Govt, including in British politics
Watch tonight ⬇️
💻 LIVE 9PM
@itvpeston
📺 10.45PM
@ITV
#Peston
333
1K
3K
“We have a compulsive liar who is actually leading the country”
‘Succession’ star Brian Cox criticises the current state of UK politics claiming “we’ve lost the plot on so many levels.”
#Peston
125
867
3K
Chancellor
@PhilipHammondUK
says there is a credible case for a confirmatory referendum and it deserves to be tested in Parliament.
Watch the full interview on
@ITV
and Twitter at 10.45pm
#Peston
255
997
3K
“If a kid is particular bright and lives in Easter House in Glasgow, he or she obviously does not have the same opportunities as someone who is born in South Kensington.”
@akalamusic
on educational diversity.
166
1K
3K
🚨NEW
Young people aged 18-25 think Jeremy Corbyn would be a better Labour leader than Keir Starmer 🔴
CORBYN 20%
STARMER 17%
RAYNER 7%
BURNHAM 7%
MILIBAND 6%
REEVES 5%
STREETING 4%
NONE 7%
DON'T KNOW 26%
#ITVYouthTracker
@Savanta_UK
@AnushkaAsthana
@itvnews
#Peston
796
661
3K
.
@AmberRuddHR
calls Boris Johnson “dishonest and dangerous” after he described
@paulasherriff
's complaint about his language as “humbug”.
Watch the full interview at 10.45pm
#Peston
274
951
2K
“Please, please look at the evidence, don’t just say it’s due to strikes”
Professor Sir
@MichaelMarmot
rejects the Prime Minister’s claims that industrial action is to blame for long NHS waiting lists, arguing austerity and worker shortages are more to blame
#Peston
51
1K
2K
“The showman, the jokes are all very well but they are going to wear thin when people are hit in their wallets”
Labour Leader
@Keir_Starmer
criticises the Prime Minister's speech, saying the cost of living crisis is going to have a big impact on people’s finances.
#Peston
137
613
2K
.
@jeremycorbyn
renews his call to requisition empty homes in Kensington and Chelsea to house victims of the
#GrenfellTower
fire.
#Peston
385
1K
2K
"Jeremy only has his self to blame"
"You know perfectly well what I said"
Watch
@leicesterliz
and
@jeremycorbyn
clash over his suspension from the Labour whip.
#Peston
3K
479
2K
“They hate experts.”
@PeterKyle
tells
@Peston
the reason why
@BorisJohnson
and Dominic Cummings do not like Julian Lewis is due to his vast levels of experience, as opposed to Chris Grayling, a “patsy for No 10.”
#Peston
51
728
2K
“We could very easily decide we want to join the single market and the customs union.”
@theSNP
Westminster leader,
@Ianblackford_MP
says that if the UK is serious about growing the economy then having the ability to trade freely with the European Union is vital.
#Peston
154
661
2K
.
@Anna_Soubry
tells
#Peston
in no uncertain terms. Regardless of the deal the PM brings back, she wants a People's Vote on Brexit with Remain as an option.
391
859
2K
.
@Peston
: Do you think the Labour Party has treated Corbyn properly?
@GerryAdamsSF
: No.
The Former Sinn Féin President says no party can afford to lose someone like Jeremy Corbyn, calling him an “outstanding friend of Ireland”.
#Peston
169
567
2K
“If Boris Johnson is so pleased with himself and thinks this deal is so great, why doesn’t he just ask the people what they think”
@EmilyThornberry
on why Labour is backing a Second Referendum
#Peston
152
603
2K
.
@heidiallen75
says she is not going to vote on this country's future with things still unknown. If the PM can't get the deal through Parliament she should stop Brexit or have a
@peoplesvote_uk
#Peston
114
1K
2K
Deputy Labour Leader
@tom_watson
reiterates that a 2nd referendum was a Conference decision and is the only way to bring the country together
#Peston
188
633
2K
Former Foreign Secretary
@Jeremy_Hunt
says that Jeremy Corbyn holds “extremist views” and would “decimate our reputation internationally.”
#Peston
1K
663
2K
“He’s a very wealthy man, so maybe he would be worried about taxes”
Former Labour Leader
@jeremycorbyn
criticises Sir Tony Blair’s call for the government to lower taxes and public spending.
#Peston
158
554
2K
"Now there are things you can do with turnips. But if…because of an ideological Brexit we are meant to return to some agrarian, Baldrick-like diet…do you mind if you count me out?"
Food journalist
@jayrayner1
speaks about the tomato shortages in UK supermarkets.
#Peston
37
498
2K
A ‘clean-break Brexit’ is a hideous malfunctioning piece of language.
@CarolineLucas
reacts to the interview with
@Nigel_Farage
#Peston
181
562
2K
“Rubbish, that absolutely rubbish”
Labour’s
@jessphillips
refuses to accept that the Government would have brought forward legislation to exonerate sub-postmasters without the pressure that followed ITV’s
#MrBatesVsThePostOffice
#Peston
111
341
2K
Former Cabinet Secretary
@Gus_ODonnell
unimpressed by Brexiteer attacks on the civil service: "if you're selling snake oil you don’t like the experts testing your product"
#Peston
74
1K
2K
BREAKING:
@BorisJohnson
says his first task if he becomes Prime Minister will be to launch a huge no deal ‘public information campaign’ to help minimise any possible disruption.
#Peston
1K
534
2K
“When he was lying to the Queen, they were silent. When he was breaking the law, they were silent.”
Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
@AnasSarwar
tells
@Peston
that the public will see through Conservative MPs who have turned against
@BorisJohnson
.
#Peston
105
478
2K
“We need to get rid of all of this woke rubbish”
Attorney General
@SuellaBraverman
tells
@Peston
which issues she feels need to be prioritised and dealt with in the country.
#Peston
354
428
2K
“Politicians need to read the room. Young people are saying that they are not in favour of this model of Brexit…"
Conservative MP
@Tobias_Ellwood
says it’s understandable that young people want to rejoin aspects of the EU, such as the single market.
#Peston
#ITVYouthTracker
250
529
2K
“The door is always open”
Former EU Chief Brexit Negotiator
@MichelBarnier
tells
@Peston
the UK can rejoin the EU any time
#Peston
306
547
2K
“This is not a trivial piece of economics, this is at the core of the wellbeing of the nation”
@MartinSLewis
warns of the devastating mental health impacts of the cost of living crisis, telling
@Peston
that it has caused people to consider taking their own lives
#Peston
158
760
2K
First Minister of Scotland
@NicolaSturgeon
tells
@Peston
that it is ‘frankly incredible’ we are discussing the possibility of food and medicine shortages in a prosperous country.
#Peston
106
785
2K
“He’s damaging us now, he’s damaging the entire Conservative brand”
@CarolineNokes
calls on
@BorisJohnson
to resign.
#Peston
388
462
2K
.
@AmberRuddHR
says a People's Vote is 'absolutely' preferable to No Deal and the actions of Parliament could mean we're headed in that direction
#Peston
217
746
2K
“It would be illegal… it would be unconstitutional and it would be undemocratic”
@RoryStewartUK
reacts to Dominic Raab saying he could prorogue Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit
#Peston
193
447
2K
“The police have looked into this and established no rules were broken.”
Labour Party Leader
@Keir_Starmer
tells
@Peston
that Tory MPs are trying to “sling mud” by pushing for Durham police to reinvestigate him for drinking beer in a constituency office last April.
#Peston
956
370
2K
.
@sowetokinch
says he agrees with
@Stormzy
’s recent comments about racism in Britain and shares a story of a racist incident from his train journey to the studio today.
#Peston
441
594
1K
.
@RuthDavidsonPC
tells
@Peston
that the government proposal on voter ID is “total bollocks”
Catch us on Twitter and ITV at 10.45pm
#Peston
142
522
2K
🚨NEW
Over half (57%) of young Conservative voters would vote to join the EU, according to our second
#ITVYouthTracker
with
@Savanta_UK
👀
Overall, 82% of 18-25 year olds would vote to join 🔥
JOIN 82% (-4)
LEAVE 18% (+4)
+/- on Apr 2023
#CPC23
#Peston
279
662
2K
.
@NadineDorries
argues for a managed no-deal Brexit with the UK trading under WTO rules
#Peston
321
405
1K
"What I think is really unseemly about the Nadine Dorries thing is that it has got absolutely nothing to do with the people she serves"
Labour's
@jessphillips
takes aim at
@NadineDorries
over her conduct after she failed to get a peerage
#Peston
104
349
2K
“I do not still understand how the Prime Minister of such a country… can be able not to respect his own signature”
Former EU Chief Brexit Negotiator
@MichelBarnier
tells
@Peston
that Boris Johnson did not respect the treaties he signed during Brexit negotiations
#Peston
120
599
2K
“I think they plan to have this dispute continue”
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch argues that although the government think they can condemn strikers as “communists and marxists”, the level of support the RMT are receiving is “astounding”.
#Peston
40
350
1K
The government has just banned schools in England from teaching material from “anti capitalist groups”. What would you ban next?
#Peston
4K
524
1K
"He should quit. He's making things worse."
@AmberRuddUK
tells
@Peston
that Dominic Cummings should quit, as his presence is making things worse during the
#COVID19
crisis.
#Peston
242
524
1K
"I remember as a child in South Wales swimming in sewage"
Conservative MP
@DamianGreen
says water pollution from sewage dumping has always been an issue, but it used to be perceived as more acceptable
#Peston
4K
624
1K
“What we saw last night was the unhinged nature of Donald Trump’s performance”
@TheRickWilson
tells
@Peston
that the constant attack ads against Joe Biden have hurt
@realdonaldtrump
’s and should result in a ‘meaningful move in the polls’
#peston
#2020debates
44
330
1K
"I know you Lisa, this is not you"
"I will not take lessons from you about civility in politics"
Watch
@johnmcdonnellMP
and
@lisanandy
clash on Labour's attack adverts.
#Peston
583
241
1K
“There’s no question that he’s won it”
Anthony
@Scaramucci
tells
@Peston
that
@JoeBiden
has won the race to the White House and that
@realDonaldTrump
’s days in the White House are numbered
#Peston
58
179
1K
.
@Peston
: “So are you saying that you shouldn’t have to prove that you’ve had a vaccine?”
@SteveBakerHW
: “Within the UK, to go to the pub, the theatre… No.
#Peston
366
242
1K
"People purport to be gay when they're not actually gay"
Home Secretary
@SuellaBraverman
accuses asylum seekers of lying about their sexuality to gain refugee status in the UK
Full interview with
@AnushkaAsthana
tonight ⬇️
💻LIVE 9PM
@itvpeston
📺11.15PM
@ITV
#Peston
3K
310
1K
.
@Nigel_Farage
says Theresa May is not only one of the weakest PM's he's known but also one of the most dishonest. He calls for Conservatives to "have a bit of guts" and replace her
#Peston
210
528
1K
.
@Peston
: Rosie Duffield…do you have sympathy with her?
@MhairiBlack
: No, I don’t particularly
SNP’s Mhairi Black responds to bullying claims from a Labour opponent of Scotland’s Gender Recognition Bill.
Watch in full tonight
💻LIVE 9PM
@itvpeston
📺 1045PM
@ITV
#Peston
484
233
1K
The
#Yellowhammer
documents show what will happen in 50 days time and the Government should be held accountable
@lucianaberger
tells
#Peston
.
311
525
1K
“I would call an election, frankly, now… we are going backwards"
Conservative peer and supermarket boss Lord Rose urges the PM to call a general election now, warning the UK is falling behind other countries and needs a leader with a mandate who can “get on with it”
#Peston
58
402
1K
377
462
1K
“The Prime Minister should be condemning Trump himself”
@johnmcdonnellMP
calls on the Prime Minister to condemn
@realDonaldTrump
directly, arguing that the PM must take a stronger stand against the rise of “proto-facism”.
#Peston
266
395
1K
“He didn’t put it there for LOLs. He put it there so he didn’t have to pay tax on it.”
Labour’s
@JessPhillips
says that it is clear that Nadhim Zahawai should be sacked, and that the Prime Minister is weak for asking his ethics advisor to investigate.
#Peston
120
312
1K
The Shadow Foreign Secretary
@EmilyThornberry
encourages people to come out defiantly and vote.
#Peston
103
813
1K
🚨NEW🚨
The public think Labour Leader Keir Starmer would be a better PM than any of the potential next Conservative Party leaders we polled
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak come closest 😅
Full tables (w/ other potential candidates)
@OpiniumResearch
soon 🤓
#Peston
96
467
1K
“It is a political system which I think entrenches power in London and the South East, and we always miss out"
@AndyBurnhamGM
calls for proportional representation, arguing it would make “every person” and “every place” equal.
#Peston
45
363
1K
How do you stop Boris?
Ask him ‘which part of the Conservative Party are you going to let down?’
@RoryStewartUK
tells
@Peston
#Peston
88
324
1K
The Mayor
@SadiqKhan
tells
@Peston
that he was initially working with the Government to deliver Brexit. When it became clear to him the only options left were a bad deal or no deal he switched to campaign for a
@peoplesvote_uk
#Peston
109
458
1K
When pressed by
@Peston
if ‘Remain’ should be on the ballot paper,
@LenMcCluskey
says that staying in would not be the best option for our nation.
#Peston
902
542
1K
“Stamping her kitten heels… it’s like she’s some sort of Trump wannabe”
.
@EmilyThornberry
says the Prime Minister’s attempt to bully MPs into her deal or chaos is ‘disgraceful’.
#Peston
102
422
1K
Labour has to say it wants to remain and start campaigning for it says
@tom_watson
#Peston
420
347
1K
“Churchill would be turning in his grave if he saw that we were taking the UK out of the processes of international law”
Conservative MP
@CSkidmoreUK
slams the Illegal Migration Bill, telling
@Peston
it has “overpromise and underdeliver written all over it”.
#Peston
76
405
1K
.
@heidiallen75
says the only way for the Prime Minister to revive her deal is to put it to the people in a
@peoplesvote_uk
.
#Peston
129
293
1K
.
@andrealeadsom
tells
@peston
it’s “absolutely” reasonable for Boris Johnson to send a second letter to the EU saying he doesn’t want an extension.
Watch the full interview at 10.45pm on
#Peston
802
408
1K
On a Brexit ‘No Deal’
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
says the House of Commons has already legislated for us to leave on October 31st with or without a deal
#Peston
77
297
1K
“I would rather have Donald Trump than President Biden”
Conservative
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
says that it would be better for the UK if Trump were President, as Biden has “shown his dislike for the United Kingdom”
Watch the full interview at 10.45pm on ITV
#Peston
2K
214
1K
‘I’ve voted Labour all my life but at this time, on this issue, we have to think about what’s right for the country in the long-term.’
@campbellclaret
is considering not voting for
@UKLabour
tomorrow
#Peston
202
345
1K
.
@EmilyThornberry
says if we end up with a deal it should go back to the public to ensure its what they want, with an option to Remain.
#Peston
253
338
1K
"I think we should repeal it, yes of course I do"
@EmilyThornberry
says Labour should repeal the Illegal Migration Bill, calling it immoral and unworkable.
#Peston
152
245
1K