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Senior Journalist BBC Newsnight | @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

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"Unlike anything we've ever seen before" | David Frum on President Trump's "revenge drama"
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight "Unlike anything we've ever seen before" | David Frum on President Trump's "revenge drama"

WATCH: "Unlike anything we've ever seen before" | David Frum on President Trump's "revenge drama"

#Newsnight

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26.08.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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β€œThe lesson from history is appeasement of dictators does not lead to peace - it leads to war and conflict.”

Former Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 should have been met with a military response by European allies.

#Newsnight

19.08.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 322    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 3
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"If I was going to be giving advice… don’t say that all of these women have made this stuff up..."

Baroness Helena Kennedy responds to Gregg Wallace being sacked as Masterchef presenter.

#Newsnight

09.07.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIn school I didn’t get any support, so I was always getting in trouble.”

Rapper Giggs opens up about his autism and how he fears a lack of SEND support might impact the prospects of two of his children, Isla and Israel.

#Newsnight

09.07.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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"Unease about this rebellion has reached right into the Cabinet."

Nick Watt quotes a senior figure who says the welfare bill is "dead" unless Keir Starmer moves.

#Newsnight

25.06.2025 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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"The Government needs to take a more unifying path... there is genuine, deep anxiety about these proposals."

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham urges the Government to listen to Labour MPs who oppose proposed welfare cuts.

#Newsnight

25.06.2025 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 5
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β€œThis is the boxing global championship, UFC, Super Bowl, World Cup... all rolled into one.”

Pollster Frank Luntz on the growing spat between Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

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06.06.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œTwo thin-skinned, petulant, power-crazy narcissists were never going to stay working together in the interests of the nation very long…”

Journalist Mehdi Hasan on the Elon Musk-Donald Trump spat.

#Newsnight

06.06.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 249    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 4
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β€œDonald Trump is about conflict, conflict, conflict - the show goes on and he keeps the show going on….”

Former Trump White House insider Michael Wolff discusses whether the Elon Musk spat will harm Donald Trump’s Presidency.

#Newsnight

06.06.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 2
Is Trump being 'played' by Putin? Ex-Trump advisor on Ukraine-Russia peace talks
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight Is Trump being 'played' by Putin? Ex-Trump advisor on Ukraine-Russia peace talks

WATCH: Is Trump being 'played' by Putin? Ex-Trump advisor, Fiona Hill, on Ukraine-Russia peace talks

#Newsnight

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16.05.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 3
"You're a good looking fellow..." | Lord Mandelson on dealing with Trump and US-UK trade deals
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight "You're a good looking fellow..." | Lord Mandelson on dealing with Trump and US-UK trade deals

WATCH: β€œWhen I first walked into the Oval Office he said β€˜God, you’re a good-looking fellow aren’t you’…”

Lord Mandelson, the UK’s Ambassador to the US, discusses his relationship with Donald Trump and US-UK trade deals

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11.05.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 3
"We were shocked" | Bill Gates on UK aid budget cuts and plans to give away most of his fortune
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight "We were shocked" | Bill Gates on UK aid budget cuts and plans to give away most of his fortune

WATCH: β€œIf you’re very successful I think society’s expectation should be to have you give the vast majority away.”

Bill Gates discusses his plans to give away most of his fortune by 2045 and the UK's cuts to its international aid budget.

#Newsnight

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11.05.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Tonight on #Newsnight - presented by Matt Chorley

UK Ambassador to the US, Lord Mandelson
Bill Gates
Diane Abbott
Patrick Maguire

10.30pm BBC Two | BBC News | BBC iPlayer

09.05.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 1
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US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong have left their posts, according to media reports

Last night #Newsnight pressed Alex Wong on the security implications for the US when a journalist was accidentally added to Signal chat on military strikes

01.05.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 178    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 9
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β€œOnce the local elections are out of the way…. the word is that there is going to be a very, very ambitious deal with the EU...”

Nick Watt reports on what recent visitors to Number 10 are hearing about a EU-UK trade deal in the coming weeks.

#Newsnight

25.04.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 7
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"Would you sign up for land for peace, as a man of God?"

Paddy O'Connell asks President Trump's spiritual advisor, Pastor Mark Burns, about ongoing US-Russia peace talks concerning Ukraine.

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25.04.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 3
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"Which line of the Magna Carta is linked to a deal on chlorinated chicken?"

Former Trump Treasury official Diana Furchtgott-Roth insists free speech should be tied to any US-UK trade deal.

#Newsnight

25.04.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 5
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'We shouldn't be rushing a trade deal with the US.'

Labour MP Nadia Whittome explains that the UK should be 'smart' in prioritising negotiations with the EU.

#Newsnight

25.04.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 5
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β€œI think the left needs, sorry for saying this, a leftist… charismatic authoritarian person.”

So-called β€˜rock star’ Marxist philosopher Slavoj Ε½iΕΎek argues the case for a more β€œauthoritarian” left-leaning leader on the global stage.

#Newsnight

17.04.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 9
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β€œIf I can help one family to not feel what we are feeling, then it's all worth it”

Chanel Williams, sister of The Vivienne, talks to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social about raising awareness about the dangers of ketamine after her brother died of a cardiac arrest caused by the drug in January

#Newsnight

23.04.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThey won’t be able to make it to the toilet…they'll have to be wearing pads in the daytime if they work”

A 23-year-old in treatment for ketamine addiction talks to Victoria Derbyshire about the potential damage using the recreational drug can have on the bladder.

#Newsnight

23.04.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7
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"I think we've got a ketamine epidemic now..it's here and it's now."

Katie Bryan, lead nurse at Adferiad Detox Centre, warns
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social about the "crisis" caused by growing use of the recreational drug and the impact it can have on bladders.

#Newsnight

23.04.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8
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β€œIs there a way back for you to the Labour Party?”

β€œ..not yet, I need to know that I’m safe in the Party.”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Independent MP Rosie Duffield about the prospect of rejoining Labour after quitting last September.

#Newsnight

24.04.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 4
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"Please can we stop treating this as a political football or way of scoring points against each other."

Gillian Tett, Financial Times columnist, calls for people to use "empathy" and "tolerance" on the gender debate.

#Newsnight

24.04.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 5
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β€œThe lesson that Putin will take is that you can annex, invade, slaughter and occupy… do it long enough you’ll get a frozen conflict as a reward.”

Jim Murphy, Leader of Scottish Labour, 2014-15, on US-Russian negotiations on Ukraine.

#Newsnight

24.04.2025 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 173    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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"Ukraine is being treated as collateral damage in a way that makes my blood boil... what President Trump is suggesting is essentially a major coup for Putin."

Financial Times columnist Gillian Tett on Ukraine peace talks.

#Newsnight

24.04.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 223    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 3
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β€œIt’s a new age of shamelessness, big powers do what they want because they can.”

So-called β€˜rock star’ philosopher Slavoj Ε½iΕΎek discusses the global order and the possibilities of the β€œnew left” with Paddy O'Connell.

#Newsnight

17.04.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 9
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"Anyone who has thought about Brexit would not say it was a universal success, the way it was conducted."

Sarah Vine, columnist for the Daily Mail, reflects on the Brexit process.

#Newsnight

16.04.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 2
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"The Trump administration is using antisemitism to engage in an anti-academic campaign."

Harvard professor Cornell William Brooks on President Trump's actions towards Harvard University.

#Newsnight

16.04.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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"Right now we're trying to strike a trade deal with America. How can we trust that it's worth the paper that it is written on?"

Praful Nargund, Director of the Good Growth Foundation tells
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social about his fears over a US trade deal.

#Newsnight

16.04.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 146    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 6

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