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#TheNewsAgents host. Newsnight, BBC2 Interviews with Prince Andrew, Donald Trump, Sheryl Sandberg Amy Schumer James Comey , Bill Clinton. Appalling typing.
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Been overwhelmed by all the kindness, messages - and support on here - and I’ve probably missed much of it. A big thank you from us all at
#newsnight
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Forget piers walking off. Listen to Alex. He’s superb.
Piers Morgan just walked off the Good Morning Britain set (!!!) after co-presenter Alex Beresford defended Harry and Meghan and condemned Piers' treatment of them in yesterday's programming
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Very much available here
I want
@Maitlis
to sit down Dominic Cummings for an hour like she did with Prince Andrew.
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What is so striking is how many conservative mps are still talking about what is “ best for the party”. It’s a real give away - that party still seemingly comes before country and constituents and democracy.
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Curious that
@GaryLineker
was free to raise questions about Qatar’s human rights record - with the blessing of the bbc - over the World Cup , but cannot raise questions of human rights in this country if it involves criticism of government policy …
Great to see the freedom of speech champions out in force this morning demanding silence from those with whom they disagree. 👊🏻
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Wine on the walls, vomit, a fight. And cleaners - who weren’t able to see their families - regularly cleaning it all up. But yep, let’s all get on now …
The PM has apologised and is implementing all Sue Gray's recommendations.
Now we need to get on and deliver for the British people - growing our economy to tackle the cost of living, funding the NHS to clear covid backlogs and cutting crime to make our streets safer
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I feel this may be the greatest single clip of TV ever made. Reduces me to tears every time I watch to the end.
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day.
In 1938, Sir Nicholas Winton brought Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia to safety in the UK.
Fifty years later, That’s Life reunited him with some of those children.
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I’m not sure when they suggested to Gary Lineker he step back from
#MOTD
the bbc realised it might be starting a much much bigger battle.
@IanWright0
refusing to present on Saturday. In the name of solidarity
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It’s riveting to watch a man so convinced of the entitlement of his position that he cannot imagine the country surviving without him. Why would anyone put themselves through something so shaming?
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The damaging thing about this whole issue for gov is that Cummings instantly loses any right to tell others they are out of touch / elite / missing the public mood. That’s properly over now. He has become the thing he loathed.
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I’m really embarrassed to say I never saw this coming. When it was blinding obvious this would be the logical next step. Wow.
NEW: Boris Johnson has watered down the ministerial code - allowing ministers to break the rules without resigning - and blocked a bid to give his ethics advisor the power to investigate him…
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Bluntly ,the immigration numbers have grown bigger since Brexit not smaller. The reason is not “ marauding criminal gangs “ ( more than 80% whose cases are heard are ultimately granted asylum) but a break down in relations with France and others ..
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Just spoke to a Tory MP who told me “we ( Conservative party) are just a protectionist racket right now - a gang of marauding ambition - not a serious party”.
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So grateful to my friend and excellent colleague
@katierazz
for stepping in this evening . She did so because I asked for the night off -knowing tonight’s prog would be in the most excellent hands 🖐
#newsnight
Just for the record, Emily
@maitlis
has not been asked by the BBC to take tonight off - and if I thought she had been, I certainly wouldn’t have agreed to present the show
@BBCNewsnight
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Yes, I did used to work in a hairdressers.
No, I didn’t learn to use clippers.
Yes, he did ask me to help with this against all my better instincts
No, we are not currently talking ...
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The intractable truss problem: She cant fire her chancellor because theyre in it together; she cant change her mind - because her strength/ ideology is her USP; she cant call a GE because she'd lose - on current polling - badly enough to put Cons out of power for a decade..
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Thanks Henry. Immensely kind.
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I remember asking
#JudithKerr
Kerr if the tiger symbolised the 1960s sexual revolution where normal mores and suburban life became upended by this wild and exotic creature. She told me no, it was about a tiger coming to tea.
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I find it quite frustrating when we’re told “Now is not the time” to ask questions of our politicians. Seems cowardly. Of course it is! -why should we “ wait for the post mortem” when the whole strategy should be about saving lives now ??
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See what has happened here ? Hugh pym asks a simple question of why not enough testing for nhs staff and he gets a long winded reply from Health chief about why testing is important. Which ends with the words “ramp up” . Hugh knows all this. We all know all this.
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What I am struggling to understand is if all the confusion sown last night was unintended, or part of a larger strategy of deniability: ie “we will give you the chance to make your own choices. Please don’t blame us for what comes next. “
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The problem with the “ it was all a shitshow “ take on the
#Debates2020
is that it ignores the real possibility it was a deliberate attempt to undermine democratic process. If you make everyone believe it’s pointless to listen/ vote / count when you are trailing - it’s job done.
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This intro is brilliant - but the whole piece is so smart and so thoughtful too.
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Nevertheless, it will be a wrench to leave the BBC after 20 phenomenal years. I am so grateful for the opportunities I’ve had there. More than anything I’m grateful to have worked with the most incredible people - many of whom are dear friends. I owe my BBC colleagues everything.
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117 votes against Theresa May was “ a very bad result .. much worse than it looks “ JRM told me the last time Tory MPs went to a vote of confidence ..
“This is a very bad result for the prime minister, 117 votes against her… much worse than she thought” says Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, who insists the result is worse that it looks as an ”overwhelming majority of backbenchers have voted against her”
#newsnight
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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
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I now work from home with my own hologram. Perfect for quarantine.
As if 2020 wasn’t already bad enough, Emily Maitlis has been robbed of her legs.
#Newsnight
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This is getting unmanageably big for the bbc now.
As commentators on MOTD, we have decided to step down from tomorrow night’s broadcast. We are comforted that football fans who want to watch their teams should still be able to do so, as management can use World Feed commentary if they wish.
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Not to slag off my brilliant sight hound or anything but a squirrel has literally moved into my house and the dog hasn’t even noticed …
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There literally aren't enough people left to fill the vacancies... i cant quite comprehend that...
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Breaking: Jurgen Klopp
#LFC
May refuse to comment to BBC
#motd
later today in solidarity with
#lineker
. Likely to offer his message through other broadcasters
@TheNewsAgents
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The Boris-is-a-winner narrative seems to overlook two things. The candidate he stood against in 2019 literally delivered the worst result his own party had seen since 1936. In other words , he could not have faced an easier opponent. Lab 2022 looks v different to Lab 2019.. 2/2
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This could be one of the defining images of the 2024 campaign ..
It's like a Hogarth - "the public listen attentively to the prouncements of his majesty's minister"
(via
@EtanSmallman
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Fuck your clams.
“I've got a message for Johnson: Fuck you! Fuck your clams that austerity's over. Your racist, bullying, sexist attacks on our communities. Your proroguing Parliament. And Fuck your no deal Brexit too.” -
@SteveT_Unite
gives it back to Boris "Fuck business" Johnson
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Worth considering this could be exactly the end game Boris Johnson had in mind when he endorsed a weak candidate he could see would quickly and irredeemably fail.
Whilst it may look like a shambles from the outside, it might just have been playbook politics…
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Shout out to
@eddiemair
who was actually about 3 centuries ahead of everyone else on this…
To all those journalists who are calling Johnson a liar now. Why didn't you call him a liar then? During the referendum? In the Prorogation? During Covid? That was your job - not kicking him now because he's finished. We've paid a terrible price because you didn't do it.
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Despite the strong “ proud parents of returning gap year son “ vibes we are utterly delighted to be joined by
@lewis_goodall
for our new (ad) venture
@global
@dinosofos
@jonsopel
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Guess what
@piersmorgan
you can be “not gay” and “absolutely furious” . Who knew ?
I'm not gay, but if I was, I'd be absolutely furious about this FA armband U-turn. Makes an absolute mockery of the whole 'we're going to speak out about human rights in Qatar rather than boycott it' stance.
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Hugely enjoying Liz Truss explaining to an American audience that the Right have been denied power in the UK for far too long. Just wait till they discover what her last job was ..
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Biden is speaking : this is the moment he’s become the de facto president . I think the next fourteen days have just been wiped out.
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Ahhhh you’re right !! I keep forgetting this woman is still an actual Norfolk MP. Imagine if you need help with adult social care - or crime in your neighbourhood - and you get a funny fantasist running round Washington talking about the Deep State ..
Liz Truss to Steve Bannon: “Would you work with Nigel Farage to restructure the Tory party?"
She is, I believe, still a beneficiary of the Tory whip. In a normal party, with a half-decent leader she wouldn’t be for much longer.
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That bloke in the Full Monty who loses his job but carries on sitting on the bench in the park every day as he’s scared to tell his wife ...
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For clarity I do know hull is not hell. It’s rather lovely.
“The former Health Secretary Alan Johnson joins us on the line from Hell.
“Sorry, Hull”
Hilarious! Forget the Prince Andrew interview, this is what you will be remembered for
@Maitlis
!
#Newsnight
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Labour has tonight called on Rishi Sunak to block Liz Truss’ resignation honours list. 👀
“I…urge you to block these honours. You have the power to do so and any response that talks of ‘convention’ is merely a sign of weak leadership and lack of grip over your own party.
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It’s a very funny line isn’t it. So much easier to say “ lying to the press” than “ lying to the public “ on whose behalf those questions about the shamelessly missing millions were being asked ..
Quite extraordinary listening to Michelle Mone: “all we did was lie to the press.” Yes, and threaten journalists who worked to expose the truth with legal letters, knowing those letters were lies. Thankfully, those journalists didn’t cower under those threats.
#bbclaurak
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China has congratulated Joe Biden on his victory. Before trump. That’s where we are.
#PresidentialElection2020
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There’s a lot of foreign office “disappointment” this week. Disappointment is when pret runs out of your fave lunchtime sarnie. Not when war is started.
I’ve spoken to my Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu
@MFATurkey
to express the UK’s disappointment and concern about the military incursion into NE Syria, and call for restraint. The intervention risks greater humanitarian suffering and undermines the focus on countering Daesh
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I have every sympathy with the team of scientists around Trump trying to stay the course for the sake of American lives. But honestly , this reaction is not enough. It just isn’t.
Here is Dr. Birx's reaction when President Trump asks his science advisor to study using UV light on the human body and injecting disinfectant to fight the coronavirus.
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V useful thread of policy timeline. One thing left off here - on the day the whole of italy went into total lockdown , we were encouraging crowds of 60,000 at Cheltenham races. Why was that not ringing alarm bells ?
The Mail on Sunday has *2 double page splashes* deflecting blame for the coronavirus onto foreigners and stirring up xenophobia.
Target 1: the EU.
Target 2: China.
The reality is, Boris Johnson bungled this crisis very, very badly. He zigged when the rest of the world zagged.
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Think Suella may have found her new party …
Really good Suella Braverman helped level out the hate in the ‘hate’ marches by making these guys welcome!
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It is astonishing really what E Jean Carroll was prepared to go through to bring this about. And is utterly to her credit that the sum is off the charts huge - big enough , you’d hope , to be a future deterrent. What a woman.
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“I don’t quite understand why we had four weeks of everybody shrugging their shoulders ..” - one of the worlds must respected doctors - David Nott
“I don’t quite understand why… we had four weeks of everybody shrugging their shoulders.”
Famed surgeon Dr David Nott says governments were warned about coronavirus at the end of January and he doesn’t understand “why there seemed to be nobody that picked up this”
#Newsnight
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@TheNewsAgents
We are now in a brand new world where policies that were never going to happen are being “ cancelled “ or where we are being saved from “ sinister” practices that don’t actually exist. That’s called conspiracy …
#CPC2023
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I have deleted my earlier retweet of the below and would like to apologise for the hurt I have caused.
The sheer tawdry Trumpian shabbiness of the whole thing - it is difficult to see how much more of this the party or our political system can survive.
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Could the Prince Andrew interview have happened in this iteration of
@BBCNewsnight
? Of course not. Aside from the painstaking prep and lengthy research that demanded from the team, PA came to a flagship brand the bbc was proud of.
It doesn’t feel that way tonight.
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Now imagining Lady Hale slumped happily in the fleabag pose. Fag, martini and ball dress.
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Just come across this extraordinary passage in
@mrjamesob
bestseller “ How they broke Britain “.
Look at the impact austerity cuts had (- according to economist Fetzer- ) on the actual Brexit vote, in the light of this week’s changes.
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2 months actually... But we remain happy to make the approach - and ever hopeful.
Two nights running govt have refused to put up a spokesperson on
@BBCNewsnight
. Outrageous for them to not be open to scrutiny and accountable during this crisis
@maitlis
#COVID
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Don’t understand how
@MarcusRashford
has time for all this football. Quite extraordinary.
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Roughly translates as £350 million. Funny.. don’t remember seeing this one on the side of a bus …
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When Gov sources told the incoming pm that fresh food would only by 3rd highest no-deal priority
@ShippersUnbound
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It doesn’t get more ignominious than thjs .. Trump announces he has been INDICATED
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Mark Field MP: If it becomes an option I would choose to revoke article 50. I recognise that may not be the popular option ..
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Central london and its parks immaculate already this morning. Not a piece of litter in sight. A huge thank you to the hundreds who must have worked through the days and nights on this entire amazing operation.
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Last night after the game, my son walked into a london pub, where a group of pissed blokes told him he was Harry McGuire, lifted him up , sang the Harry McGuire song and paraded him joyfully around the pub.
Then he walked home again.
Not sure he even had a drink
#ENG
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This definitely needs a closer look: what would a Tory government do to the checks and balances of Parliament if they win ? Page 48 of the manifesto ..
We took a closer look at p48 of the Tory manifesto...
@maitlis
: Is this a shifting away from a legal framework, to a political framework?
@LordCFalconer
: It is... so if Mr Johnson becomes PM again, he won't be restrained by the courts from acting unlawfully
#Newsnight
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#GE19
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For anyone newly following me from the US , this is how we stand for elected office in the UK ….
There now follows a Party Political Broadcast by Count Binface. And quite frankly it's a banger. Help me run for mayor here. Under £5k to go!
#BinDay
#LoveDemocracy
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2nd to Ukraine is pretty perfect. I imagine uk may offer to host if it’s needed ..
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Some work news -
@BBCJonSopel
and I are going to launch a brand new podcast with
@Global
, exec produced by
@dinosofos
. It’s an amazing opportunity to do something we all love, and we are so thrilled Global is giving us this opportunity to be big and ambitious with this project.
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Ok. An admission. I’m finding it really hard to read at the moment and I usually devour novels. Is anyone else? Is it concentrate span? Twitter ? Or as I suspect the plots and problems now seem to belong to a slightly different age. Book tips? (And yes have read la peste etc )
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Any students of populism should study this passage well - uttered by our Home Secretary in 2023. It divides “ normal people” from …
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This is the point. It just feels deeply deeply “ unBritish”. We used to be great at compassion.
It’s true that it’s quite likely to be illegal, that it will certainly be incredibly expensive and that it probably won’t work. But worse than all this is that the Rwanda plan is shaming. Britain is better than this.
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💯 this
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Look what just arrived at the office. Chuffed to bits. Thank you
@pressgazette
- I now have to present
#newsnight
with a huge smile on my face.
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We discussed gender self identification last night
#newsnight
. It’s not “ these people “. It’s the fact a blanket law would allow any predatory man to self identify as female to gain access to women . That’s the danger.
“The idea these people are a threat to other women is an assumption we should challenge.”
Dr
@SarahWollaston
on the Lib Dems’ plans to reform the Gender Recognition Act, which include adding an 'X' gender option to passports
Watch:
#Newsnight
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#GE19
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My favourite dog reprimand of this ilk is
“ we’ve talked about this before “
Just overheard a dog walker reprimanding their pet with the line ‘don’t you understand English?!’
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Had to freeze frame this on the cut away to
@SKinnock
and
@YvetteCooperMP
- they’re trying so valiantly not to corpse.
Couldn’t quite believe this but here it is, in all its excruciating glory.
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Is it time we stopped asking if we’re going “ to leave on the 31st” and started mentioning it’s, like, Thursday. ?
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And yes, the backlog too. If we spent more money on speeding up the asylum process there would ironically be far less pressure on the system.
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“Would it not have been obvious to you this gathering was in breach of the guidance ..?”
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What is the difference between the sixty or so named supporters and the forty or so non-declared supporters that Boris Johnson believes he has ? I don’t understand why they wouldn’t put their names to a position they are presumably proud to hold…
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