# ![@BBCNewsnight Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::20543416.png) @BBCNewsnight BBC Newsnight

The BBC Newsnight discussions have centered around Reform UK's proposals to deport migrants, with critics arguing it's unrealistic and inhumane. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey will boycott King Charles' state banquet for President Trump in protest over Gaza. The party's plans have sparked concerns about human rights and the impact on vulnerable populations.

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### Social Influence

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**Social topic influence**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

""Virginia's law is just one step in a very heartbreaking journey." Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez Democratic Chair of the Women's Caucus discusses the aims of a proposed new law to support sex abuse survivors - with the legislation named for Virginia Giuffre. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021358129246585162)  2026-02-10T22:58Z 700.2K followers, [----] engagements


""It's an appalling thing for the party to have said - it's a terrible mistake" Former Tory minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg says a retracted Conservative Party statement linking Suella Braverman's mental health to her defection to Reform UK was "inexcusable". #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2015922803833278923)  2026-01-26T23:00Z 700K followers, 96K engagements


""It is slightly baffling that he went ahead with the application." Baroness Harman former Labour Party deputy leader on Andy Burnham's "divisive move. which has certainly undermined the government." #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2015929500530249848)  2026-01-26T23:27Z 700K followers, 45.3K engagements


""I needed help. you just get left to rot." Matthew Booth who has an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence speaks to @vicderbyshire about his experience being recalled to prison four times. IPPs are a prison sentence with an indeterminate end. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2016287160064741737)  2026-01-27T23:08Z 700K followers, 45.1K engagements


""Iranians aren't just fighting for themselves - they are protecting the entire world" Exiled Iranian activist Masih Alinejad calls on President Trump to take "calculated military action" against the government in Iran. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2016287227978961004)  2026-01-27T23:08Z 700K followers, 171.9K engagements


"I do not think this is a moral thing for you to do. Martin Lewis shares his message to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her decision to freeze the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their student loans. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2016650993576952072)  2026-01-28T23:13Z 699.9K followers, 238.3K engagements


""There aren't easy answers." Former leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson discusses student loan repayments and says that universities still have funding issues. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2016652806933852617)  2026-01-28T23:21Z 700K followers, 79.4K engagements


"I borrowed in total [-----] How much do you owe now" [-----] @vicderbyshire speaks to Dr Arthur Joustra a trainee paediatrician about how his student loan debt has risen since he graduated in [----] - despite making payments. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2016654597171880207)  2026-01-28T23:28Z 700K followers, 562.4K engagements


""It's like loan sharks. we've sold universities to young people in a very transactional way." Baroness Claire Fox speaks to @bbcpaddy about graduates facing Plan [--] student loan repayments. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2017012851097956823)  2026-01-29T23:11Z 699.9K followers, 161K engagements


""To bring down NHS waiting liststhat does require putting money in. When asked about student loans Chancellor Rachel Reeves says my job is to get the balance right between tax and spending". She says the student loans system is " fair and proportionate" #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2017367469321818283)  2026-01-30T22:41Z 700K followers, 36.3K engagements


""All the files" Lisa Phillips an Epstein survivor tells Matt Chorley what closure would look like for her following the release of a further three million pages of Epstein files by the Department of Justice. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2017377696255242623)  2026-01-30T23:21Z 700K followers, 24.7K engagements


"Do you consider the US an ally Absolutely not. Ross Greer MSP co-leader of the Scottish Greens calls for the removal of US military personnel from Scotland following the "abduction" of two men by US authorities from a Russian tanker in Scottish waters. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2017390233654874276)  2026-01-31T00:11Z 699.9K followers, 56K engagements


"This all comes back to judgement the PM knew about the connection between Mandelson and Epstein he chose to ignore it. SNP Westminster Leader Stephen Flynn on Lord Mandelsons resignation from the Labour Party #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018462132145131997)  2026-02-02T23:10Z 700K followers, 34.5K engagements


"I wouldnt have appointed him I wouldnt have taken the risk Labour's Dame Emily Thornberryand SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn discuss the appointment of Peter Mandelson as British Ambassador to the US. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018691716203663870)  2026-02-03T14:23Z 700K followers, 13.4K engagements


"I get the strength of feeling" In a @bbc5live interview with Bridget Phillipson @mattchorley shares Martin Lewiss #Newsnight message to Rachel Reeves that freezing the threshold at which graduates repay their student loans was not a moral thing for her to do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018693453157195850)  2026-02-03T14:29Z 700K followers, 44.9K engagements


""He should encourage him because we do not have authority to issue a subpoena." Democratic Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernndez wants Keir Starmer to encourage Lord Mandelson to testify before the US Congress and adds that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should too. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018824273293455666)  2026-02-03T23:09Z 700K followers, [----] engagements


""People feel very shocked but in a way not surprised." Labour's Baroness Harman on the mood in her Party after the latest revelations about Lord Mandelson's correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018829331376558311)  2026-02-03T23:29Z 700K followers, 16.4K engagements


"The BBC understands Lord Mandelson maintains that hes not acted criminally and did not act for personal gain and argues that confronting in the late noughties the biggest financial crisis since the 1930s sought Epsteins expertise in the national interest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018829658918379694)  2026-02-03T23:31Z 700K followers, [----] engagements


""This has all the hallmarks of being possibly the biggest political scandal in British politics since Profumo." Broadcaster Iain Dale discusses the Epstein Files and Lord Mandelson's alleged misconduct in public office. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018830713617846473)  2026-02-03T23:35Z 700K followers, 33.3K engagements


"The BBC understands Lord Mandelson maintains that hes not acted criminally and did not act for personal gain and argues that confronting in the late noughties the biggest financial crisis since the 1930s sought Epsteins expertise in the national interest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018830884720574899)  2026-02-03T23:36Z 700K followers, [----] engagements


""I'm detecting. A loss of confidence about his ability to survive beyond the local elections" @nicholaswatt reports what he is hearing from the Cabinet on whether Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney can survive the latest challenges facing the government #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018831029646291169)  2026-02-03T23:36Z 700K followers, 39K engagements


"We dont yet have the reckoning Rep. Teresa Leger Fernndez Chair of the Democratic Womens Caucus says the names of alleged perpetrators remain redacted in the Epstein Files. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018834906604859755)  2026-02-03T23:52Z 700K followers, 17.8K engagements


""It is a vindicating moment" Victoria Guiffre's brother Sky Roberts says she has been vindicated by an email in which Ghislaine Maxwell suggests a photo of her with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is genuine. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019190205018775683)  2026-02-04T23:23Z 700K followers, 14.6K engagements


""He needs to travel here and give testimony in front of our Congress." Virginia Giuffre's brother Sky Roberts tells @bbcpaddy that he wants Peter Mandelson to give evidence about his associations with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019193967011631216)  2026-02-04T23:38Z 700K followers, [----] engagements


"Lord Mandelson has not responded to requests for comment but the BBC understands his position is that he has not acted in any way criminally and that he was not motivated by financial gain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019194310005293450)  2026-02-04T23:40Z 700K followers, [----] engagements


""'Morgan out'" After a bruising day for the prime minister @nicholaswatt reports what he's hearing from Keir Starmer loyalists: "get rid of Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney. get him out of No10 and put him in charge of Labour campaigning". #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019199532324544982)  2026-02-05T00:00Z 699.9K followers, 37.9K engagements


"A spokesperson for the DOJ told the BBC's US news partner CBS that it "takes victim protection very seriously and has redacted thousands of victim names in the millions of published pages to protect the innocent""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019206419615297603)  2026-02-05T00:28Z 700K followers, [----] engagements


""By the time it landed on my desk it was a done deal." James Lyons Downing Street director of communications at the time of Lord Mandelson's appointment as Ambassador to the US on the Prime Minister's decision-making process. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019543817079181475)  2026-02-05T22:49Z 699.9K followers, 35.5K engagements


""I think the end began last September." The New Statesman's Political Editor Ailbhe Rea gives her prognosis for Keir Starmer's leadership of the Labour Party. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019546404742410372)  2026-02-05T22:59Z 700K followers, 31.3K engagements


""Barry Gardiner does not represent the mood of MPs." "So are MPs happy" Dan Tomlinson Treasury Minister pushes back against his Labour colleague's frustration with the prime minister. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019546410589265936)  2026-02-05T22:59Z 699.9K followers, 22.2K engagements


""The government knows information about me more than I do." Marina Lacerda an Epstein survivor on the "re-traumatising" impact of the release of Epstein files about her own experiences. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019551740270432685)  2026-02-05T23:20Z 699.9K followers, [----] engagements


""Keir Starmer and the top team in the Labour Party are here for good." Labour minister Dan Tomlinson says he is certain that Sir Keir Starmer will still be prime minister in a year's time. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019552736480530630)  2026-02-05T23:24Z 700K followers, 61.6K engagements


"I had this Minister saying had she gone for it yesterday she would have walked it @nicholaswatt says Angela Rayner is getting ready for a leadership bid but remains mindful of an outstanding HMRC investigation. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019552811722141737)  2026-02-05T23:24Z 700K followers, 34.9K engagements


"People are starting to say: there is something wrong with the system. More in Common pollster Luke Tryl says volatility in UK politics in recent years is pushing people away from the mainstream #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019553191642169501)  2026-02-05T23:26Z 700K followers, 14.8K engagements


""Probably at least the biggest scandal since the expenses scandal." James Lyons Sir Keir Starmer's former Director of Communications on the scale of the challenge facing the Prime Minister following the Mandelson revelations. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019555189426954451)  2026-02-05T23:34Z 699.9K followers, 13.5K engagements


""The whole myth of the boys club. is exactly that: a myth" James Lyons former No [--] Director of Communications for Keir Starmer tells @bbcpaddy that "there are a number of senior women in the Downing Street team" #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019558445830070733)  2026-02-05T23:47Z 700K followers, 24.7K engagements


""As someone that's been paying off a student loan I know you can see that in the bank balance and that it's difficult" @bbcpaddy asks Treasury minister Dan Tomlinson MP if he has sympathy for graduates whose student debt keeps growing despite regular repayments. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019777582359527613)  2026-02-06T14:17Z 700K followers, 22.5K engagements


"You could have Ed Miliband still hungry for office with Lucy Powell backing him And then Angela Rayner Politicos Anne McElvoy on the possible replacements for Keir Starmer. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019907829356757440)  2026-02-06T22:55Z 700K followers, 24.9K engagements


""He needs to state publicly as the British Prime Minister has that Andrew needs to give evidence." Peter Hunt royal commentator says that King Charles should have called for this brother to testify in the US "yesterday or even the day before. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021357974350876968)  2026-02-10T22:57Z 699.9K followers, [---] engagements


""There is a real deep sickness for my generation." Oli Dugmore the New Statesman's Digital Editor on the burden of student loan debt. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2016659141809348737)  2026-01-28T23:46Z 700.2K followers, 542.2K engagements


"Fair and proportionate Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the student loans system is reasonable in response to Martin Lewis claims on #Newsnight that freezing the threshold at which graduates repay their student loans was not a moral thing for her to do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2017345548135661580)  2026-01-30T21:13Z 700.2K followers, 1.5M engagements


""Should he step down" "." After a long pause Labour MP Barry Gardiner says Sir Keir Starmer should "think very hard about what's in the country's best interest". #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019189794589258132)  2026-02-04T23:22Z 700.2K followers, 162.8K engagements


"The Blue Labour tendency to go after Reform voters hasnt worked Political Scientist Ben Ansell explains why some Labour MPs dont want the PMs chief of staff Morgan McSweeney around #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019911828671705530)  2026-02-06T23:11Z 700.2K followers, 37.4K engagements


""Do you remember Liz Truss Say 'Liz Truss' to me just look at me and say 'Liz Truss was marvellous'." "So Starmer can do what he wants" Baroness Helena Kennedy Labour and Matt Vickers Conservative clash over their parties' records in office. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2020999401766850952)  2026-02-09T23:13Z 700.2K followers, 201.4K engagements


"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021352547840295120)  2026-02-10T22:36Z 700.2K followers, 341.3K engagements


""I can't believe that this is our top cop and she will not answer our questions." Representative Becca Balint a Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee discusses Attorney General Pam Bondi's testimony in Congress today on the Epstein files. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021721392786321517)  2026-02-11T23:01Z 700.2K followers, 11.1K engagements


""Jim Ratcliffe is a stinking hypocrite." Ash Sarkar responds to the billionaire Manchester United co-owner's comments on immigration and welfare. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021725449865277775)  2026-02-11T23:18Z 700.2K followers, 640.5K engagements


"I am surprised at the scale of the churn Former Conservative Home Secretary Amber Rudd weighs in on the last few weeks political changes within Downing Street. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022079161372721407)  2026-02-12T22:43Z 700.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Could you live on [--] a week Absolutely not So why do you expect young people to We won't @vicderbyshire challenges DWP minister Torsten Bell on benefit reform. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1902123094300357072)  2025-03-18T22:21Z 700.1K followers, 4.1M engagements


""These are totally unacceptable tweets. I think it was proportionate to arrest him" Zack Polanski Green Party Leader on the arrest of comedy writer Graham Linehan at Heathrow airport on Monday. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1963021805196562467)  2025-09-02T23:30Z 700.1K followers, 2.3M engagements


""It was treacherous it was the most appalling behaviour. I'm really really shocked at it." Dame Emily Thornberry MP Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee describes Lord Mandelson's conduct as "completely unforgivable". #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018463635526345092)  2026-02-02T23:16Z 700.1K followers, 207.6K engagements


"I think its clear the Prime Minister should do the right thing and step down. Zack Polanski says Sir Keir Starmer should resign after appointing Peter Mandelson as US Ambassador despite knowing he was friends with one of the most known paedophiles in the world. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019187827628478725)  2026-02-04T23:14Z 700.1K followers, 201.6K engagements


""There is an age difference with this sort of stuff with young Republican staffers. theres a vulgarity to their politics The Telegraphs Poppy Coburn says President Trumps offensive video post of the Obamas has probably come from a young staffer #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019917515250401426)  2026-02-06T23:33Z 700.1K followers, 26.6K engagements


""I completely disagree with him" Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds tells @vicderbyshire she rejects Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar's call for Sir Keir Starmer to step down. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2020996418408939982)  2026-02-09T23:01Z 700.1K followers, 21K engagements


""Unfortunately the United Kingdom is living with the economic impact of that decision." The former Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney says he wishes he had been wrong about the impact of Brexit on the British economy. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1885474401124004138)  2025-01-31T23:45Z 700.2K followers, 520.3K engagements


""This is not justice." Sky Roberts brother of Virginia Giuffre says the US Department of Justice and US Attorney General Pam Bondi "violated the law" after survivor's names and personal information were published in the Epstein files. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019205874502254919)  2026-02-05T00:26Z 700.2K followers, 18K engagements


""If you stick a pole and a Union Jack tomorrow outside your house I think you're making a statement is probably that you'd prefer Britain to be more white." Richard Bacon on the flag debate after Gary Neville's viral video. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1976777985161081149)  2025-10-10T22:32Z 700.2K followers, 2.5M engagements


"The view from some in the cabinet is that Anas Sarwar was working in conjunction with Wes Streeting. @nicholaswatt on suggestions the Health Secretary had encouraged the Scottish Labour leader to call for the Prime Minister to step down - something they both deny #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021004947697828065)  2026-02-09T23:35Z 700.2K followers, 21.8K engagements


""This act makes children less safe" Reform UK's Zia Yusuf makes his party's case for repealing the Online Safety Act citing the uptick in downloads of VPNs. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1950315417597014188)  2025-07-29T22:00Z 700.2K followers, 3M engagements


""What Trump is trying to do is buy time. in order not to help Ukraine." David Frum speechwriter to George W. Bush and Atlantic staff writer believes that President Trump is actively seeking to undermine Ukraine's war effort by drawing out negotiations. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1959017852553277864)  2025-08-22T22:20Z 700.2K followers, 361.3K engagements


""People that are working here shouldn't be targeted like that nobody should be targeted like that." Social media content creator and proud Englishman John Fisher aka Big John on the flag debate. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1964300999557779876)  2025-09-06T12:13Z 700.2K followers, 12.7M engagements


"This is extreme this is inhumane and it is a government of cowards. Green Party leader Zack Polanski responds to the government's changes to Britain's asylum system. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1990555534659920155)  2025-11-17T22:59Z 700.2K followers, 2.6M engagements


""I grew up in the '70s and '80s. I knew what was right and wrong and what was right to say and what was not." Paul McNamee Editor of The Big Issue on the allegations of schoolboy racism which Nigel Farage denies. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1997081576518070514)  2025-12-05T23:12Z 700.2K followers, 181.1K engagements


"The BBC understands Lord Mandelson maintains that hes not acted criminally and did not act for personal gain and argues that confronting in the late noughties the biggest financial crisis since the 1930s sought Epsteins expertise in the national interest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018830246053814676)  2026-02-03T23:33Z 700.2K followers, 557.4K engagements


""The backbenchers on the Labour benches were just going - 'Oh for God's sake get on with it just admit it'" Labour MP Barry Gardiner says his fellow Labour MPs were "squirming" at the PM's performance at PMQs when taking questions on Peter Mandelson. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019190673916756226)  2026-02-04T23:25Z 700.2K followers, 44.6K engagements


"Going on national television and admitting that he was wrong. I think thats a huge step Epstein survivor Marina Lacerda says she commends Sir Keir Starmer for apologising to fellow survivors for the appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK Ambassador to the US. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019543936751038599)  2026-02-05T22:49Z 700.2K followers, 83.2K engagements


"The implosion of Peter Mandelson is going to take down a lot of people close to the Prime Minister. Politicos Anne McElvoy says if Keir Starmer hangs on its surviving not governing. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019905576847786214)  2026-02-06T22:46Z 700.2K followers, 21.9K engagements


""It was a complete and utter failure of judgement." "You're gonna hate me Mr Vickers but I'm going to do that whataboutery thing: what about Boris Johnson" Matt Vickers MP is challenged on parallels between the Mandelson scandal and the Chris Pincher affair. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021004667535360327)  2026-02-09T23:33Z 700.2K followers, 36.5K engagements


""Clearly the only way he will is if the King makes him." Amy Wallace co-author of Virginia Giuffre's memoir on the prospect of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor giving evidence to Congress. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021005479221334207)  2026-02-09T23:37Z 700.2K followers, 22.2K engagements


"The King should direct his brother to come to the US and answer questions. Democratic Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez says King Charles should order Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to testify before the House Oversight Committee in relation to the Epstein files. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021352406785647059)  2026-02-10T22:35Z 700.2K followers, 16.4K engagements


""My cousin is not Hamas. These kids are not Hamas." Husam Zomlot Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK lost [--] family members amongst the almost [---] killed in Israeli strikes into Gaza. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1711504505211097272)  2023-10-09T22:10Z 700.2K followers, 14M engagements


""Are you saying the survivors are being identified and the potential abusers are being protected" "That is exactly my point." Epstein survivor Jess Michaels on survivors names and personal information being published in the Epstein files. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018831686834741298)  2026-02-03T23:39Z 700.2K followers, 105.2K engagements


""There's just a problem in Westminster where men who are notorious bullies or sex pests they get defended by their friends" Ailbhe Rea Political Editor for the New Statesman says "women in Westminster" are "absolutely devastated" by the Mandelson revelations. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019560899216887934)  2026-02-05T23:56Z 700.2K followers, 177.5K engagements


""I've actually had voters coming up to me today saying 'Please tell the Prime Minister not to go'." Labour MP Sam Rushworth gives a vote of confidence in the leadership of Keir Starmer whom he describes as an "honourable and decent person". #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2019909404892565610)  2026-02-06T23:01Z 700.2K followers, 339.6K engagements


"Hes liberated by Morgan McSweeney resigning. I think he felt he owed Morgan something and I think to some extent it stifled the man that I know." Labour peer Baroness Helena Kennedy argues that Sir Keir Starmer will lead Labour into the next election. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2020995769453723737)  2026-02-09T22:58Z 700.2K followers, 45K engagements


""If he decided to have a palace coup against the Prime Minister he'd have done it properly." Phil Collins says suggestions Wes Streeting encouraged Anas Sarwar to call for the PM to resign are "preposterous". The Health Secretary denies the claims. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021008873012797569)  2026-02-09T23:50Z 700.2K followers, 42.4K engagements


""This is the most vulnerable the British monarchy has ever been. maybe this will be the end of the monarchy" Representative Ro Khanna Democratic member of the Oversight Committee says the King needs to go further than strip Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his titles - and calls on the former prince to testify before congress. Andrew denies all wrongdoing. #Newsnight https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021014475810214096 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021014475810214096"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021014475810214096)  2026-02-10T00:12Z 700.2K followers, 328.3K engagements


""How much will they be panicking in Buckingham Palace" "They will be panicking because they are not in control." Royal Commentator Peter Hunt discusses the growing pressure on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to testify in the US in relation to the Epstein files. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021360738074259551)  2026-02-10T23:08Z 700.2K followers, 30.9K engagements


"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021364224992375292)  2026-02-10T23:22Z 700.2K followers, [----] engagements


""A lack of curiosity." @nicholaswatt recalls a [----] press conference in which Keir Starmer was asked about Peter Mandelsons association with Jeffrey Epstein and reports concerns among female Labour MPs about the Prime Minister's judgement. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021369393104535644)  2026-02-10T23:43Z 700.2K followers, 30.5K engagements


"I dont like the language but people did not vote for this size of influx The Times Matthew Syed reacts to Sir Jim Ratcliffe's comments on immigrants colonising Britain #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021717296301969691)  2026-02-11T22:45Z 700.2K followers, 337.5K engagements


"When you get a hugely famous billionaire being very negative about immigrants you see Nigel Farage jumping on it No less opportunistic is Keir Starmer Novara Medias Ash Sarkar on Sir Jim Ratcliffes comments on immigration #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021723438658797867)  2026-02-11T23:10Z 700.2K followers, 22.3K engagements


"It is outrageous he is staying in an accommodation of the British head of state Matthew Syed of The Times on the growing questions for Andrew Mounbatten-Windsor relating to the Epstein files. He has always denied any wrongdoing. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021733559292330473)  2026-02-11T23:50Z 700.2K followers, 25K engagements


"The truth is sometimes appointments dont work out. Philip Rutnam former Home Office Permanent Secretary says Sir Chris Wormald being forced out as head of Civil Service is a bad day for the Government. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022070749733769336)  2026-02-12T22:10Z 700.2K followers, 14K engagements


"I am picking up fury in Whitehall @nicholaswatt reports on some of the tensions after the sacking of Sir Chris Wormald as Cabinet Secretary. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022080124590420033)  2026-02-12T22:47Z 700.2K followers, 25.1K engagements


"We stood up to Elon Musk we called him out we said it was wrong. Minister of AI and Online Safety Kanishka Narayan on the governments ability to regulate US tech and AI companies #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022082182127218739)  2026-02-12T22:55Z 700.2K followers, [----] engagements


"We dont have a grasp of what AI does to peoples psychology what it does to them sociologically AI researcher Zoe Hitzig explains why she resigned from OpenAI #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022083176621858908)  2026-02-12T22:59Z 700.2K followers, 131.1K engagements


"I completely agree with Keir Starmer calling it out Amber Rudd former Home Secretary responds to Sir Jim Ratcliffes comments that the UK had been colonised by immigrants. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022090020279238791)  2026-02-12T23:26Z 700.2K followers, 78.8K engagements


""Shocking. I find that language completely un-British" Minister for AI and Online Safety Kanishka Narayan responds to Sir Jim Ratcliffe's comments that the UK had been "colonised by immigrants." #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022090608945373615)  2026-02-12T23:29Z 700.2K followers, 161.8K engagements


""I don't regret the fact that we introduced higher levels of student fees." Amber Rudd former Home Secretary defends the coalition Government's decision to increase tuition fees and says it helped "open the market" but adds "this Government is changing the rules." #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022094884283277606)  2026-02-12T23:46Z 700.2K followers, 14.1K engagements


""I absolutely believe that Peter Mandelson is the exception not the rule" Labour peer Harriet Harman discusses the investigation into Lord Mandelson's alleged misconduct in public office and its impact on the public's perception of politicians. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2018830003451117614)  2026-02-03T23:32Z 700.2K followers, 558.2K engagements


""We would certainly like the cooperation of the UK government in this investigation" Rep. Melanie Stansbury member of the US House Oversight Committee which is investigating paedophile Jeffrey Epstein tells @mattchorley: "we would like to hear from any individual whether they're in the United States or abroad." #Newsnight https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020918321583919129 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020918321583919129"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2020918321583919129)  2026-02-09T17:50Z 700.2K followers, 20.3K engagements


""He needs to state publicly as the British Prime Minister has that Andrew needs to give evidence." Peter Hunt royal commentator says that King Charles should have called for his brother to testify in the US "yesterday or even the day before. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021364097988657505)  2026-02-10T23:22Z 700.2K followers, 17.6K engagements


"I think we have to have the regulation that the people here want which isnt the same as the US Amber Rudd Vice-Chair of Prosper UK says the UK shouldnt follow the White Houses lead on AI regulation. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022082746378539439)  2026-02-12T22:57Z 700.2K followers, [----] engagements


""This just saved Starmer." Former SNP MP Mhairi Black says Anas Sarwar's call for Keir Starmer to resign made MPs in Westminister want to rally around Starmer. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022448800715993267)  2026-02-13T23:12Z 700.2K followers, [----] engagements


""He has deeply offended our Special Forces" Former Conservative MP Steve Baker clashes with Donald Trump's former Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands over the US President's suggestion that NATO forces stayed "a little off the front lines" in Afghanistan. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2014843387145318570)  2026-01-23T23:31Z 699.9K followers, 65.3K engagements


""I think it would show a real weakness in Keir Starmer's leadership" Gemma Bolton a constituency members representative on Labour's National Executive says it would be "outrageous" to prevent Andy Burnham from being the by-election candidate in Gorton & Denton #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2014846677526417553)  2026-01-23T23:44Z 699.9K followers, 24.6K engagements


""I'm telling the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth - so help me God." Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg former Conservative Cabinet minister declares that he will not join Reform UK. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2015923415887003904)  2026-01-26T23:02Z 699.9K followers, 67.3K engagements


""He was not holding a gun unless they can prove otherwise." The lawyer of Rene Good's family Antonio Romanucci reacts to the claims of self-defence by the ICE agents that killed Alex Pretti. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2015925755666923638)  2026-01-26T23:12Z 699.9K followers, 15.4K engagements


""They have been re-triggered as a result of what happened this weekend." The lawyer of Rene Good's family Antonio Romanucci describes how the family are reacting to a second ICE-related killing in Minnesota. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2015926351392391188)  2026-01-26T23:14Z 700K followers, [----] engagements


"Without any warning they made a line and straight to the face of people started shooting plastic pellets. Parnia an Iranian now living in the UK describes how forces responded to anti-government protests she was part of in Isfahan Iran earlier this year. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2016288912893681756)  2026-01-27T23:15Z 699.9K followers, 22.7K engagements


"A lot of people whove been groomed do get convictions we need people to come forward. Dame Vera Baird interim chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission calls on grooming survivors to seek support to quash wrongful convictions on their permanent record. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2016294323034223039)  2026-01-27T23:36Z 699.9K followers, 14.3K engagements


"These are sentences which just bring people into hopelessness. Dame Vera Baird interim chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission speaks to #Newsnight about work to overturn Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences - a sentence with an indeterminate end"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2016298985221169212)  2026-01-27T23:55Z 699.9K followers, 14.6K engagements


"He has the things you would need to push the button. The Economist's David Rennie says the deployment of specialist reconnaissance electronic warfare aircraft and air defence is a signal President Trump now has the option of military action against Iran. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2016654841381110264)  2026-01-28T23:29Z 699.9K followers, 15.7K engagements


"We spoke - and its a well-known fact that. he thinks he deserves the Peace Prize @bbcpaddy asks ex-NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg about claims President Trump called him to discuss his bid to win the Nobel Peace Prize. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2016950634558165264)  2026-01-29T19:04Z 699.9K followers, 19.3K engagements


""We now have sour grapes and Reform are going to play on that. where is the positive case for the government" "There is a case." Claire Fox and Thangam Debonnaire debate the Gorton and Denton by-election after Labour blocked Andy Burnham's bid to stand. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2017013374748373163)  2026-01-29T23:13Z 699.9K followers, [----] engagements


"You can find a full list of confirmed candidates on the BBC website"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2017013461029433820)  2026-01-29T23:14Z 699.9K followers, [----] engagements


""We now have sour grapes and Reform are going to play on that. where is the positive case for the government" "There is a case." Claire Fox and Thangam Debonaire debate the Gorton and Denton by-election after Labour blocked Andy Burnham's bid to stand. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2017025253923316203)  2026-01-30T00:01Z 699.9K followers, [----] engagements


"This just happened because a bunch of extraordinary people got together and wanted it to - @tomellis17 thanks #Lucifans for saving his show Lucifer from cancellation #LuciferSaved #newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1009172264883978240)  2018-06-19T20:33Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""BBC no thank you. F**k off BBC." The moment this Dutch man refuses to speak to #newsnight about free speech and Tommy Robinson"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1019704657017430016)  2018-07-18T22:05Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""For the first time since the Second World War we have a domestic proscribed terrorist group. It's right-wing it's neo-Nazi it's proudly white supremacist." The Met's former counter-terrorism chief says Britain hasn't "woken up" to the extreme right-wing #newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1030568838339997698)  2018-08-17T21:35Z 700.1K followers, 13.9K engagements


"This man has done such harm and damage to this country your treatment of the poorest people in this country has been despicable Guardian columnistPolly Toynbee makes her feelings about George Osborne clear @pollytoynbee #newsnight@EvanHD@George_Osborne"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1057409432018018305)  2018-10-30T23:10Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""I can't forgive them for what they've done. I've never seen human suffering like this." Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell on why he won't be friends with the Conservative party. Watch the full interview tonight at 22:30 @BBCTwo #newsnight @maitlis @johnmcdonnellMP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1065304403744301057)  2018-11-21T18:02Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"This is a very bad result for the prime minister [---] 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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1072990467598385152)  2018-12-12T23:03Z 700.1K followers, 12.5K engagements


"David Bowie died three years ago today. FROM THE ARCHIVES: Speaking to Newsnight in [----] he predicted the internet was going to have "unimaginable" effects on society and "change the state of content" forever Watch the interview here: #newsnight #tbt https://bbc.in/2CYSi43 https://bbc.in/2CYSi43"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1083298716700815360)  2019-01-10T09:45Z 700.1K followers, 17.4K engagements


"Weve had pitiful leadership people are not putting their country first and foremost I despair of what is happening to our country - Conservative MP Anna Soubry tells our political editor Nicholas Watt @Anna_Soubry @nicholaswatt #newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1090380482812887040)  2019-01-29T22:45Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""I think she's got a problem with immigration." Anna Soubry MP tells #newsnight that free movement of people is "the only reason" Prime Minister Theresa May will not agree to a single market Full interview tonight 22:30 @BBCTwo @KirstyWark @Anna_Soubry #IndependentGroup"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1098291266452901889)  2019-02-20T18:40Z 700.1K followers, 10.1K engagements


"Emily Maitlis: "You didn't say well I'm not quite sure - you said it would turn the UK into a slave state and then you consider voting for it" Emily Matilis grills Jacob Rees-Mogg on the language he has used around the Govts withdrawal agreement. #newsnight @Jacob_Rees_Mogg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1111401612440801281)  2019-03-28T22:56Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Weve got the worst prime minister since Anthony Eden. Weve got the worst leader of the opposition in the entire history of the Labour Party And weve got the worst Parliament since Oliver Cromwell - Former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe #newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1112840437247565824)  2019-04-01T22:13Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"All my life I have voted Conservative but if I am faced with the choice of a Conservative Brexit candidate I and I think huge numbers of people like me will not vote for them - Lord Heseltine former deputy PM #newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1125879938521780225)  2019-05-07T21:47Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"It was a deeply depressing occasion Im disenfranchised. Former Deputy PM Lord Heseltine says tonight's debate was a masterclass in avoiding the answers to questions and there were a lot of assertions which make no sense #newsnight @maitlis #BBCOurNextPM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1141107536810004480)  2019-06-18T22:16Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I question the motives of the neighbours who stood there with a microphone pressed against the wall recording somebodys row so concerned were they they went to The Guardian Richard Barnes deputy mayor of London under Boris Johnson #newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1142190171988738048)  2019-06-21T21:58Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""My biggest single worry perhaps about Boris Johnson is that he seems to me to be a politician who's inhaled his own legend before he's created it" - political historian Lord Hennessy on the UK's Prime Minister-to-be Boris Johnson #newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1153787228197249026)  2019-07-23T22:01Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""As soon as you put a hard border back in again. you undermine the basis of the Good Friday Agreement." Jonathan Powell chief government negotiator in Northern Ireland 1997-2007 explains why the Irish backstop matters WATCH: #newsnight @maitlis https://bbc.in/2SYRm6c https://bbc.in/2SYRm6c"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1156967736230256640)  2019-08-01T16:39Z 700.1K followers, 10.6K engagements


""Racism to me is like gravity. You know there is a position that is correct & there is a position that is incorrect" Comedian Nish Kumar tells #Newsnight following the BBC's decision to partly uphold a complaint against Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty More: [----] @BBCTwo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1177655516018991104)  2019-09-27T18:45Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""Racism to me is like gravity. You know there is a position that is correct and there is a position that is incorrect" Comedian Nish Kumar on the BBC's decision to partly uphold a complaint against Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty @MrNishKumar #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1177703231503380485)  2019-09-27T21:55Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"The point of this is not how long it takes a lorry to cross the border in Northern Ireland. The issue is identity. Jonathan Powell Good Friday Agreement negotiator says the ability to feel Irish or British or both "will be destroyed if a customs border is put in #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1179154814631989248)  2019-10-01T22:03Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"This is one of those moments where Britain actually has a responsibility to defend an agreement between two nations says @TomTugendhat on the Hong Kong protests. He adds there is no foreign interference. This is just about protecting the joint declaration #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1195477416434495489)  2019-11-15T23:03Z 700.1K followers, 11.5K engagements


"Even if you just look at the total amount that Labour currently wants to increase the spending it would basically bring us still to levels that are lower than France Norway and Sweden. - Economist Mariana Mazzucato on Labours spending plans #Newsnight @MazzucatoM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1197652388712075265)  2019-11-21T23:05Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"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 #GE19"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1201933751611203584)  2019-12-03T18:38Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I was a police officer for more than [--] years and I regard domestic violence as terrorism on an epic scale. Its a disease on pandemic proportions. Fmr police chief superintendent John Sutherland says domestic abuse is the single greatest cause of harm in society #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1202001764955738112)  2019-12-03T23:08Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Joe Biden appeals to people who pay their cable bills on the day they arrive. Bernie Sanders appeals to people who may forget to pay their cable bill entirely. the first group is more reliable. David Frum senior editor at the Atlantic #Newsnight @davidfrum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1234980775906496513)  2020-03-03T23:15Z 700.1K followers, 12.7K engagements


"The government should have given funding to existing ventilator manufacturers and existing companies like us. Andrew Raynor of MEC Medical a medical parts manufacturer says nothing happened when he contacted the govt offering to make #Covid19 ventilators #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1242949236762738692)  2020-03-25T22:59Z 700.1K followers, 11.9K engagements


"I dont 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 doesnt understand why there seemed to be nobody that picked up this #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1256350285364187138)  2020-05-01T22:30Z 700.1K followers, 10.4K engagements


"Were live now on @BBCTwo with Emily Maitlis you can also watch online at #Newsnight @maitlis https://bbc.in/2Ps915G https://bbc.in/2Ps915G"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1268299584117379074)  2020-06-03T21:52Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"The UK now has more daily deaths from Covid than the rest of the entire EU put together. #Newsnight's Political Editor @nicholaswatt talks us through the latest #coronavirus data 👇 WATCH 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1268304147301965826)  2020-06-03T22:10Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""Hes a [--] year old footballer. He shouldnt be the one having to do this. But the fact that he is is important. Its impressive. there are a lot of children in this country going hungry" #Newsnight @maitlis @GaryLineker"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1272650923979014144)  2020-06-15T22:03Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""What's the difference between an aeroplane and a Theatre. Why is it safe to fly six a breast to Greece but not safe to sit in a theatre I don't understand that." - questions Nicholas Hytner former artistic director of the National Theatre. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1279181669216501760)  2020-07-03T22:34Z 700.1K followers, 11.7K engagements


"What troubles me about this episode is the mindset it gives about what on earth is going on in Downing Street. Why did they try and manipulate this process Former Intelligence & Security Committee chair Dominic Grieve says the committee must be non-partisan #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1283523486057664517)  2020-07-15T22:07Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I wanted to make everyone that believed in me proud I knew I could get those grades if I actually did the exams. Mithushan Thiagarajah had an offer to read medicine at Cambridge and was predicted [--] A*s. Today he was downgraded and the offer has been withdrawn. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1294039444446752771)  2020-08-13T22:33Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I think theyve been treating the north with contempt. Mayor of Greater Manchester @AndyBurnhamGM tells @lewis_goodall the north is fed up of being pushed around by the government and peoples lives are on the line 👇 #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1316822399262896133)  2020-10-15T19:25Z 700.1K followers, 13.2K engagements


""You shouldn't be publishing it you have no basis to do it and I don't know how I'd sleep at night if I was someone writing it myself." @IanDunt challenges lockdown sceptics on their conduct amid debate over pandemic freedom of speech #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1346606125718892546)  2021-01-05T23:54Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"People were going on the holiest night of Ramadan Laylat al-Qadr to pray look at the hundreds who have been injured. Head of Palestinian Mission to the UK @hzomlot talks to #Newsnight about the spiralling violence which has triggered airstrikes and rocket attacks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1391895178798116864)  2021-05-10T23:17Z 700.1K followers, 13.9K engagements


"Its now the Brexit Party effectively but with this populist Trumpian-type style. Former Tory MP @Anna_Soubry says The Conservative party has lost its moral compass #Newsnight @maitlis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1415429007907098627)  2021-07-14T21:52Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Can the prime minister solve the UK's productivity problem by reducing immigration @lewis_goodall reports #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1445869220751937538)  2021-10-06T21:50Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I was accused of being a hysterical populist." Former cabinet minister @RoryStewartUK says in [----] the UK government asked him to stop publicly advocating the use of masks #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1448050011359567872)  2021-10-12T22:16Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""We shouldn't be living with the consequences of the PM's broken promises." Husband of Iran detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Richard Ratcliffe who is on a hunger strike says Boris Johnson told him Nazanin's case was a "high priority" https://bbc.in/31J25K9 https://bbc.in/31J25K9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1458543959509278732)  2021-11-10T21:15Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""My family stuck to the rules. Every other family stuck to the rules. The Royal Family stuck to the rules. Why couldn't Boris Johnson" Shadow cabinet minister Peter Kyle says a reported No [--] birthday party for the PM is "completely and utterly inexcusable" #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1485749657359761411)  2022-01-24T23:01Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Former Supreme Court Justice Lord Sumption says the Metropolitan Police have effectively obstructed or delayed MPs performing their constitutional function of holding the government to account by asking Sue Gray not to publish key details of her report #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1487199540721721344)  2022-01-28T23:02Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"If they call it well support it Mick Lynch @RMTunion tells #Newsnight what would happen if the TUC calls for a general strike and that housing costs interest rates and food poverty need to be tackled"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1556763608641568768)  2022-08-08T22:05Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""He needed to look at his own reflection. he was conning people throughout his time in office" Former attorney general Dominic Grieve hits out at his former colleague over his record as Prime Minister #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1565459844861235201)  2022-09-01T22:01Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""We will push back with fortitude" Chris Packham on what the response should be to the government's raft of new environmental policies #Newsnight @ChrisGPackham"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1577421471487594497)  2022-10-04T22:12Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


""If you cut that spending too much you actually make it worse" Economist Ha-Joon Chang warns against austerity saying that Britain has failed to invest in "productive capabilities" over the past [--] years #Newsnight https://bbc.in/2Ps915G https://bbc.in/2Ps915G"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1591203593335738368)  2022-11-11T22:57Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Victoria Derbyshire: Is it possible to estimate the yearly extra cost to your business because of Brexit This chemical manufacturer: [------] per year #Newsnight http://bbc.in/2Ps915G http://bbc.in/2Ps915G"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1620197505601257473)  2023-01-30T23:09Z 700.1K followers, 1.5M engagements


"Whatever way you slice it the monarchy is neither a fair nor representative institution Journalist Ash Sarkar says she believes the royal family have revealed themselves to be a cartel of some very weird people http://bbc.in/2Ps915G http://bbc.in/2Ps915G"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1653523505344856066)  2023-05-02T22:14Z 700.1K followers, 1.2M engagements


"WATCH: Sparks fly as Alastair Campbell and Alex Phillips clash on the future of Brexit #Newsnight http://bbc.in/2Ps915G http://bbc.in/2Ps915G"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1656789295829512194)  2023-05-11T22:32Z 700.1K followers, 7.9M engagements


""Frankly what Ofcom should do is shut it down" Broadcaster Adam Boulton tells #Newsnight regulator Ofcom should shut down GB News for disrupting Britain's 'broadcast ecology' http://bbc.in/2Ps915G http://bbc.in/2Ps915G"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1707157332243747296)  2023-09-27T22:16Z 700.1K followers, 4.2M engagements


"Its a kind of brutish attempt at harassment as if my wife did not have enough to worry about" Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah a plastic surgeon in Gaza says police turned up to his family home in the UK today to ask why he's in Gaza and who paid for his ticket #bbcnewsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1714036860597510293)  2023-10-16T21:53Z 700.1K followers, 1.6M engagements


""The question we should be asking is where's our money gone. The truth is the water industry has simply become a legitimised rip off." Environmental campaigner Feargal Sharkey says water companies have failed to invest enough in a "functioning sewage system". #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1773125353868837079)  2024-03-27T23:10Z 700.1K followers, 186K engagements


"Honestly Im so shocked right now to be treated this badly Faiza Shaheen who was set to stand for Labour describes hearing that her candidacy had been pulled over liking a series of Tweets which she claims Labour said would frustrate its campaign #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1795942561258889318)  2024-05-29T22:17Z 700.1K followers, 3.1M engagements


"It has been an honour and a blast goodnight and good luck After [--] years of presenting #Newsnight Kirsty Wark signs off for the final time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1811887038766993781)  2024-07-12T22:15Z 700.1K followers, 635.3K engagements


"FULL INTERVIEW with a witness talking to @BBCNews who says he saw a man with a gun on a building roof firing shots. Donald Trump was rushed off stage during a rally in Pennsylvania after gun shots were heard. He talked to @BBCBlindGazza - more information @BBCNews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1812284572241220012)  2024-07-14T00:34Z 700.1K followers, 4.2M engagements


""Elon Musk is trying to pretend freedom of speech as some absolute right. It's never been an absolute right." Keir Starmer's biographer Tom Baldwin says there should be more regulation of social media #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1822029397815181322)  2024-08-09T21:57Z 700.1K followers, 3.4M engagements


""Nine times out of ten it is sheer rubbish". Classics professor Mary Beard's health warning on Elon Musk's posts about the Roman Empire #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1822032006026236306)  2024-08-09T22:07Z 700.1K followers, 1.6M engagements


""That room was more than half empty. how are we supposed to get justice when they don't even care" Vice-Chair of Grenfell United Karim Mussilhy says he was surprised by how many MPs left the Commons before Prime Minister's statement on Grenfell Inquiry report. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1831459580343205987)  2024-09-04T22:29Z 700.1K followers, 265.4K engagements


""We're going to leave you with the names of the [--] men women and children who lost their lives as a result of the Grenfell fire." @vicderbyshire #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1831460114156412944)  2024-09-04T22:31Z 700.1K followers, 304.1K engagements


""I do think there's an issue with truth. And you know it's exacerbated when the CEO of X is a purveyor of misinformation and disinformation." John Legend accuses Elon Musk of spreading lies on X #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1834356888420725191)  2024-09-12T22:22Z 700.1K followers, 399.1K engagements


"Ive got 3m worth of cattle stood in the shed but weve got no money This will be end of family farms @vicderbyshire speaks to farmers and supporters attending the farmers inheritance tax protest in Westminster. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1858952978897490244)  2024-11-19T19:18Z 700.1K followers, 2.9M engagements


""Perhaps we should ask for that subsidy back." Mark Carney who hopes to become the next Canadian prime minister suggests Americans should pay more for energy because Canada subsidises it. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1885462804901060676)  2025-01-31T22:58Z 700.1K followers, 289K engagements


""There are more people in jail in the UK because they spoke what they thought was right. than there are in Russia." Ex Trump ambassador Carla Sands claims more people are jailed in the UK for free speech than in Russia. @vicderbyshire questions her sources. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1891999689886613877)  2025-02-18T23:54Z 700.1K followers, 967.2K engagements


""Death threats phone calls - I don't know how they got my number" Brian Glenn the man who asked President Zelensky why he doesn't wear a suit tells #Newsnight about the public response to his question. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1896702695907434663)  2025-03-03T23:22Z 700.1K followers, 2.3M engagements


"Theres a sort of warm hearted propensity to say: ok youve come along and claimed so well give you the benefits. Former Tory Work & Pensions Secretary Damian Green says ministers need to be better at getting people back into work: #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1901772321431355901)  2025-03-17T23:07Z 700K followers, 128.4K engagements


"The President of the United States simply does not have the legal authority to impose tariffs. Period. California Governor Gavin Newsom tells @bbcpaddy why hes challenging President Trumps tariffs in the courts. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1918392716339363991)  2025-05-02T19:50Z 700.1K followers, 796.3K engagements


""That woman was inciting violence. She is free to think her horrible horrible racist thoughts. That is fine. What she isn't allowed to do is go and incite violence." Labour peer Ayesha Hazarika on the Lucy Connolly case. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1927850696738582663)  2025-05-28T22:13Z 700.1K followers, 396.1K engagements


"CONTENT WARNING: MENTIONS OF ABUSE "If you have penetrative sex with a child we will come at you with rape charges." Baroness Louise Casey states that the law must be tightened so adults who have sex with a child under [--] are always charged with rape. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1934741424987074990)  2025-06-16T22:34Z 700.1K followers, 161.4K engagements


""I'd like Government contracts with Tesla to be cut and ended." Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey calls for the Government to block Tesla contracts after Elon Musk told protesters to fight back or die and that violence is coming at a rally this weekend. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1967628711739658648)  2025-09-15T16:36Z 700.1K followers, 315.5K engagements


"You could certainly pick up people in the English Channel hold them on some kind of a mothership & send them back to the land from which theyve come on some quiet and moonless night Ex-Australian PM Tony Abbott tells #Newsnight how the UK could deter small boat crossings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1975236513366516097)  2025-10-06T16:27Z 700.1K followers, 443.5K engagements


"It's disgraceful. The Telegraph's Poppy Coburn reacts to the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from their Aston Villa away fixture on safety grounds. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1978942988005867840)  2025-10-16T21:55Z 700.1K followers, 646.8K engagements


"By popular demand here's our playout from last night"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/794474117156237312)  2016-11-04T09:39Z 700.1K followers, 28.5K engagements


""I am sorry but if you are a white man you don't get to define what racism is" : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie #newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/797189653950410752)  2016-11-11T21:29Z 700.1K followers, 31.9K engagements


""I am sorry but if you are a white man you don't get to define what racism is" : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie #newsnight http://bbc.in/2fJux1x http://bbc.in/2fJux1x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/797223765394345984)  2016-11-11T23:45Z 700.1K followers, 13.5K engagements


"David Bowie died a year ago today. Back in [----] he made this incredible prediction about how the internet would change our lives forever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/818669202374467584)  2017-01-10T04:02Z 700.1K followers, 14.6K engagements


""We can react in anger. Or we can react by doing" - powerful interview with blood donor Ian in Manchester"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/867084420867657728)  2017-05-23T18:26Z 700.1K followers, 68.3K engagements


"I dont care who you believe in where youre from this city is for everybody powerful words from blood donor Ian in Manchester"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/867134920824631296)  2017-05-23T21:47Z 700.1K followers, 10.4K engagements


"Emma Thompson tells us the Harvey Weinstein allegations are just the tip of the iceberg of a wider and systemic problem in Hollywood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/918537039871660035)  2017-10-12T18:01Z 700.1K followers, 138.9K engagements


"I spent my twenties trying to get old mens tongues out of my mouth Emma Thompson on being a woman in Hollywood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/918548244317208576)  2017-10-12T18:45Z 700.1K followers, [----] engagements


"US comedian and host of The Daily Show @Trevornoah speaks to #newsnight about President Donald Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/921498819543687170)  2017-10-20T22:10Z 700.1K followers, 15.9K engagements


"What weve seen in Spain the last few weeks is outrageous its a shock for every democrat in the EU argues @markdemesmaeker #newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/926228035375738880)  2017-11-02T23:22Z 700.1K followers, 13.9K engagements


""I was absolutely bowled over by the response" - Lucifer star @tomellis17 on the #SaveLucifer campaign #newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/996877338674581504)  2018-05-16T22:17Z 700.1K followers, 12K engagements

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