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"Even more un-British than certain unsavoury people attending certain protests would be a world in which the country saw Jews or the Jewish community demanding that certain rights were disavowed or forfeited."

Sunday Times' Gabriel Pogrund on the weekend's planned protests.

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04.10.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 78    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
โ€œTerrifyingโ€ | Yanis Varoufakis and Gillian Tett debate the UKโ€™s โ€œsadโ€ economic situation
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight โ€œTerrifyingโ€ | Yanis Varoufakis and Gillian Tett debate the UKโ€™s โ€œsadโ€ economic situation

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03.10.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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"I'm all for people giving him a good kicking... but the danger is if you give him too much free publicity you turn him into a bigger figure than he is."

Former Labour MP, Diane Abbott on the focus on Nigel Farage during Labour Party conference.

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01.10.2025 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 91    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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"Farage does not like having his policies criticised, because he's used to simply standing on the sidelines."

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper responds to Nigel Farage calling the Prime Minister's language "a disgrace".

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01.10.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 89    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œRachel Reeves, was that a better speech than yours?โ€

โ€œOf courseโ€

Nick Watt hears reaction to Sir Keir Starmerโ€™s conference speech from The Chancellor, Bridget Phillipson and Ellie Reeves.

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01.10.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โ€œNot you again!โ€

Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells Nick Watt that he thinks Sir Keir Starmerโ€™s conference speech was โ€œunifyingโ€ and โ€œin stark contrast to the snake oil salesman Nigel Farage.โ€

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01.10.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โ€œNigel would ship them out - totally un-British, totally unacceptable, you have to call it what it is.โ€

Nick Watt asks Deputy PM David Lammy if he agrees with Sir Keir Starmer labelling Reform UKโ€™s immigration plans as racist, saying โ€œit reminds me of the Windrush scandal.โ€

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01.10.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โ€œYouโ€™re learning from Donald Trump?โ€

โ€œWeโ€™re taking back red hats for the people.โ€

Nick Watt gathers the mood of Labour Ministers and MPs at party conference ahead of Sir Keir Starmerโ€™s speech.

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30.09.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โ€œI canโ€™t control you lot can Iโ€ฆโ€

Andy Burnham responds as Nick Watts asks whether speculation about his leadership ambitions has โ€œgot a little bit out of control" following interviews he gave in the run up to Labour Party Conference.

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29.09.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œDon't be cheeky...โ€

Health Secretary Wes Streeting responds to Nick Watt when asked about Andy Burnhamโ€™s leadership ambitions.

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29.09.2025 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Virginia Giuffre's family call for Duchess of York to be stripped of royal title
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight Virginia Giuffre's family call for Duchess of York to be stripped of royal title

Virginia Giuffre's family call for Duchess of York to be stripped of royal title

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26.09.2025 00:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 286    ๐Ÿ” 85    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Is Nigel Farage โ€œobviouslyโ€ copying Donald Trump?
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight Is Nigel Farage โ€œobviouslyโ€ copying Donald Trump?

WATCH: Is Nigel Farage โ€œobviouslyโ€ copying Donald Trump?

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25.09.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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"So obviously, it's almost embarrassing..."

Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse on whether Nigel Farage is trying to emulate Donald Trump.

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25.09.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Nigel Farage was asked a question this morning on live radio, and perhaps he hadn't prepared as he much as might have wanted to."

Conservative Home founder, Tim Montgomerie, on the Reform UK leader's comments about whether there are safety concerns around paracetamol.

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25.09.2025 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โ€œTrump doesnโ€™t do geopolitics, Trump does his own egoโ€ฆ He wants to be โ€˜badassโ€™.โ€

Gabriel Gatehouse, presenter of โ€˜The Coming Stormโ€™ podcast, on how to interpret Donald Trumpโ€™s latest comments on Russiaโ€™s war in Ukraine.

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25.09.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage appeared on the radio today and failed to back the scientific & medical advice given to pregnant women when it comes to taking paracetamol

He also suggested migrants were eating swans & carp

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social runs through the claims and official responses

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24.09.2025 22:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 271    ๐Ÿ” 94    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 98    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
โ€œThere are many types of patriotismโ€ | Billy Bragg on the flag debate
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight โ€œThere are many types of patriotismโ€ | Billy Bragg on the flag debate

WATCH: โ€œThere are many types of patriotismโ€ | Billy Bragg on the flag debate

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24.09.2025 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โ€œThis is an existential moment as a human race and I donโ€™t think we should underestimate it.โ€

Paddy O'Connell questions Bryan Johnson, an entrepreneur with ambitions of living forever, about vaccine scepticism and RFK Jrโ€™s influence on US health policy.

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24.09.2025 12:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œIs it responsible to refer to Nigel Farageโ€™s views on gun laws and talk about how children in this country need to have lessons on mass shootings?โ€

Nick Watt presses Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper on comments made by Ed Davey in his party conference speech.

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24.09.2025 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Why is Trump making unfounded autism links with Tylenol and Paracetamol?
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight Why is Trump making unfounded autism links with Tylenol and Paracetamol?

Why is Trump making unfounded autism links with Tylenol and Paracetamol?

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23.09.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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โ€œYou do not see a link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism in children.โ€

Author of 'Expecting Better' Professor Emily Oster explains the studies on paracetamol use in pregnancy, after President Trump warned pregnant women against using the painkiller.

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23.09.2025 10:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 188    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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"It's the same as saying people with lung cancer have matches in their pockets. It's not the matches that gave them lung cancer, it's the smoking."

Former Centres for Disease Control director Dr Demetre Daskalakis on President Trump linking paracetamol and autism.

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23.09.2025 10:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 166    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Will Artificial Intelligence end the world? AI 'prophet of doom' speaks to Newsnight
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22.09.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โ€œMaybe the Lib Dems might have to be in coalition in the future?โ€

โ€œI wouldnโ€™t rule it outโ€

Nick Watt presses former Lib Dem leader and cabinet minister Sir Vince Cable on whether the party would join a coalition in the next parliament.

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22.09.2025 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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"The Russians are testing the doorknobs... and what they're discovering is the US President is not at home."

Senior Editor at the Atlantic, David Frum, on President Trump's response to Russian jets violating NATO airspace.

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20.09.2025 09:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 422    ๐Ÿ” 147    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
"He's super irritatedโ€ | Michael Wolff on Trump's response to The King's state banquet speech
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight "He's super irritatedโ€ | Michael Wolff on Trump's response to The King's state banquet speech

"He's super irritatedโ€ | Michael Wolff on Trump's response to The King's state banquet speech

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19.09.2025 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โ€œIโ€™m just stunned at the idea that somehow in the media where 97% of the people are anti-Trumpโ€ฆ that is somehow considered fair and balancedโ€.

Former Deputy National Security Adviser, KT McFarland, defends criticism of Jimmy Kimmel being pulled from ABC.

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19.09.2025 11:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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โ€œI think itโ€™s disturbing.โ€

Sohrab Ahmari, US Editor of Unherd, on Donald Trumpโ€™s comments that networks who criticises the President could risk losing their licence, following Jimmy Kimmel being pulled from ABC.

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19.09.2025 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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โ€œIโ€™ve heard him use this get out of jail line a dozen times - itโ€™s what he says when he wants to duck a question.โ€

Lord Darroch, former UK Ambassador to the US, on President Trump saying he โ€œdoesnโ€™t knowโ€ Peter Mandelson during a press conference today.

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19.09.2025 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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"If you actually follow the money behind what happened, there's a whole different story going on here..."

Oscar-nominated co-writer of 'Don't Look Up', David Sirota, on Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.

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19.09.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 211    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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