Who delivered chicken soup?🍲
Who was smartest in class?🧠
@rbreich.bsky.social shared what some of the biggest names in US politics were like, before they shaped America as discussed in his new book, ‘Coming Up Short’ 📖
Watch Reich’s FULL INTERVIEW on YouTube 🔗: youtu.be/MW57VSh_Wi8
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“There are many things he wants to deflect attention from” 💬
@rbreich.bsky.social said President Trump’s decision to go to war in Iran may have been to distract people from the Epstein files and a failing economy 🇺🇲🇮🇷
Watch Reich’s FULL INTERVIEW on YouTube🔗: youtu.be/MW57VSh_Wi8
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“Donald Trump is looking for an exit ramp”💬
@rbreich.bsky.social said the President is under ‘increasing pressure to put an end to the war’ in Iran, as oil and gas prices rise and the stock market goes down📈
Watch Reich's FULL INTERVIEW on YouTube🔗: youtu.be/MW57VSh_Wi8
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“We have, in theory, a rule of law in the US but…Trump has put himself and his friends above the law”💬
@rbreich.bsky.social said the lack of ‘accountability’ for those implicated in the Epstein files is because the US Justice Department is no longer ‘independent’⚖️
📺🔗: youtu.be/MW57VSh_Wi8
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“Why were they all mesmerised with Mandelson? I never liked him” 💬
Last night, former Labour Cabinet Minister Clare Short said the government was ‘obsessed with spin’ and should have chosen ‘a proper diplomat’ as US Ambassador
Catch up on ITVX or YouTube 📺🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston
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‘He ought to do the right thing and donate that to an appropriate charity’💬
Last night, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones said the decision to pay Peter Mandelson a £75,000 severance payment was to remove him from office ‘as quickly as possible’
📺🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston
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Can Starmer recover now we know what he was told about Mandelson's Epstein links?📃
Catch up on ITVX or YouTube 📺🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston
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We are 🅻🅸🆅🅴 on YouTube👇
Tonight Robert and Pippa are joined by:
💼Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Darren Jones MP
🇺🇲Former U.S Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich
🔵Former Foreign Secretary, Sir Jeremy Hunt MP
🌹Former Labour Cabinet Minister, Clare Short
youtube.com/live/mSGgHwv...
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Can Starmer recover now we know what he was told about Mandelson's Epstein links?📃
+ What is the cost to us of Trump's Iran war?🇺🇲🇮🇷
Tonight Robert and Pippa discuss this and more with:
💼Darren Jones MP
🇺🇲Robert Reich
🔵Sir Jeremy Hunt MP
🌹Clare Short
🔴 9PM LIVE X & YouTube
📺 1045PM ITV1
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What do the ‘Mandelson Files’ reveal about Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US Ambassador? 🗂️
+ Are the government really pressing ahead with their plans for Digital ID? 🪪
Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones joins Robert tonight
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Could political pressure force Trump to end the conflict in Iran? 🇮🇷
+ Is the US economy heading towards collapse? 📉
Former US Labor Secretary Robert Reich will discuss this and more on Peston tonight
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Keir Starmer has accused Kemi Badenoch of “the mother of all u-turns” on her support for the Iran war ↩️
She said if she was Prime Minister HMS Dragon would have set sail to defend us a full week earlier 🛳️
But what do you think? We want your #PMQs Three Word Reviews here 👇
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How long will the Iran war continue and how damaging will it be for the economy?💰
+ What do the first batch of Mandelson docs tell us? 📄
Former Chancellor & Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Former Labour Cabinet Minister Clare Short will discuss tonight
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Preparations for tonight’s show are “very complete, pretty much” 🗯️
So Robert and Pippa will be back to make sense of another wild week of news “soon, very soon”
Join us tonight ⬇️
🔴9PM LIVE X & YouTube
📺1045PM ITV1
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You can watch economist Andy Haldane discuss how higher energy costs might effect inflation, interest rates and government policy from last week’s show over on YouTube
🔗: youtu.be/YHgBCYomIk4?...
Rachel ReevesMP has just updated the House of Commons on the economic fallout from the Iran War 💬
At her Spring Statement last week, the OBR forecast gas prices would peak at 89p per therm in 25/26. At one point today they were at over £1.60 📈
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On Tuesday, MPs will vote on David Lammy's court reforms
They include:
👨⚖️ Restrictions on the right to a jury trial
👮♂️ Greater sentencing powers for magistrates
⛓️ Limits on appeals
Watch @pippacrerar.bsky.social and #Screeny explain with MoJ + @instituteforgovernment.org.uk data 📊
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“What do you think Israel's and America's endgame is?”💬
“That's for you to ask the Americans”
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy defends the government’s decision to not put soldiers into ‘an offensive situation’ with Iran ‘that did not meet the legal threshold’
📺🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston
How do you think Trump will manifest his anger with Starmer and Britain for turning down a request to use our airbases to attack Iran? ✍️👇
Catch up on ITVX or YouTube 📺🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston
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Donald Trump has his particular way, his particular rhetoric… But the world goes on” 🇺🇸
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy says that the ‘special relationship’ is intact despite President Trump’s criticism of the Prime Minister🇬🇧
Watch on ITV1 at 1045PM or catch up on YouTube @ITVPeston 📺
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We are 🅻🅸🆅🅴 on YouTube👇
Tonight Robert Peston and Pippa Crerar will be joined by:
⚖️Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy MP
💷Former Bank of England Chief Economist, Andy Haldane
🌹Labour MP, John McDonnell
🌍Former Pentagon Middle East Adviser, Jasmine El-Gamal
youtube.com/live/-UvFoXO...
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Will Trump's war on Iran be as disastrous as the Iraq war? Can the UK avoid being sucked in further? How serious is Trump & Starmer's rift?
Robert & Pippa discuss all the latest with:
⚖️David Lammy MP
💷Andy Haldane
🌹John McDonnell MP
🌍Jasmine El-Gamal
🔴 9PM LIVE X & YouTube
📺 1045PM ITV1
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At #PMQs Kemi Badenoch asked Sir Keir Starmer why he won’t allow the RAF to take offensive action to defend British territory 🇬🇧
The PM insisted the protection of UK nationals is always “number one priority"
What did you make of it? #ThreeWordReviews please! 👇
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President Trump is “very disappointed” with Keir Starmer😬
He lashed out at the Chagos Islands deal calling it “a very woke thing”
David Lammy MP told Robert last year it would not go forward if Trump doesn’t like it
So with the deal on pause, what happens now? We’ll ask him tomorrow👇
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🌹 Rachel Reeves MP says she has “the right economic plan” for the country
🔵 Sir Mel Stride MP says her handling of the economy is a “like a fiscal twister ripping up everything in its path”
But what did you make of the #SpringStatement? We want your Three Word Reviews 💬👇
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Will the US-Israeli action in Iran really provoke regime change? 🇮🇷
Earlier this year Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee Dame Emily Thornberry warned Robert that even if the Iranian regime were decapitated, it has deep roots
Join us for the latest on Wednesday
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Should British assets be used to support Donald Trump striking in Iran? 🤔
Last year former National Security Advisor Lord Ricketts warned against it, telling Robert history shows we must be “very careful” before getting pulled into a war
Is it different this time?
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Has Keir Starmer just made a declaration of independence from President Trump? 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Robert thinks so
Read his full blog on the UK’s Iran stance here: itv.com/news/2026-03...
And watch #Peston on Wednesday at 9pm on X and YouTube or at 10.45pm on ITV1 as we discuss the latest 📺
Can Keir Starmer recover from Labour’s catastrophic Gorton and Denton by-election result? 🌹
Here's @Peston's take 👇
Watch #Peston on Wednesday at 9pm on YouTube and X or 10.45pm on ITV1 for more analysis 📺
Read Robert's blog here: www.itv.com/news/2026-02...
We are 🅻🅸🆅🅴 on YouTube👇
Tonight Robert Peston and Pippa Crerar will be joined by:
🌹@lucympowell.bsky.social
➡️Robert Jenrick
📊@chriscurtis94.bsky.social
🔵Former Scottish Conservative Leader, Ruth Davidson
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