[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@BBCPolitics](/creator/twitter/BBCPolitics) "How much will the U-turn on disability benefits cost @faisalislam looks at the figures involved in the government's decision"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1938552153372516857) 2025-06-27 10:57:04 UTC 1.1M followers, 47.1K engagements ""I don't see myself as a rebel" says suspended Labour MP Rachael Maskell The York Central MP has been suspended along with three others following a rebellion against the government's welfare bill"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945574806612513103) 2025-07-16 20:02:35 UTC 1.1M followers, 94.8K engagements ""We are beginning to roll out obesity drugs on the NHS" Health Secretary Wes Streeting says there is "potential" for most obese adults in the UK to end up using weight-loss drugs #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1939248544055001477) 2025-06-29 09:04:17 UTC 1.1M followers, 162.9K engagements "PM Keir Starmer faces Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and other MPs in Prime Minister's Questions Follow #PMQs from midday"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945438480252735886) 2025-07-16 11:00:52 UTC 1.1M followers, 49.6K engagements ""Conservative Ministers. have serious questions to answer about how this was allowed to happen" PM Keir Starmer says he "welcomes" an inquiry into how a British official inadvertently leaked the data of thousands of people fleeing Afghanistan #PMQs"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945442321962590669) 2025-07-16 11:16:08 UTC 1.1M followers, 46.7K engagements "Joining #BBCLauraK Melanie Dawes Chief Executive Ofcom Heidi Alexander Transport Secretary Chris Philp Shadow home secretary Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel Kay Burley broadcaster Ian Russell social media campaigner Inaya Folarin Iman journalist 9am @BBCOne"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1944078021247348968) 2025-07-12 16:54:54 UTC 1.1M followers, 165.8K engagements "Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch asks "are the self employed next for a Labour tax rise PM Keir Starmer says "we've created 380000 jobs employment rate is up and inactivity is down the complete opposite of what he inherited" #PMQs"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945443665335234981) 2025-07-16 11:21:29 UTC 1.1M followers, 46.1K engagements "How will votes at XX and changes to voter ID work"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945908811203580186) 2025-07-17 18:09:48 UTC 1.1M followers, 9490 engagements "Antisemitism report finds 'unacceptable' increase in anti-Jewish discrimination"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945041349788488087) 2025-07-15 08:42:49 UTC 1.1M followers, 218.3K engagements ""Both of you are sad people talking bad things to losers" Comedian Matt Forde channels US President Donald Trump #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1946868837728612365) 2025-07-20 09:44:36 UTC 1.1M followers, 85.2K engagements "Reform council confirms "patriotic" flag policy"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1940797165086883852) 2025-07-03 15:37:57 UTC 1.1M followers, 35.9K engagements ""The law doesn't have an age limit" Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley addresses Palestine Action protestors being arrested including an 83-year-old priest #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1941800766538236065) 2025-07-06 10:05:54 UTC 1.1M followers, 701.3K engagements ""If Parliament decides to widen laws towards misinformation. Ofcom stands ready to implement that" Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes says it is important for her regulator to "focus on the job we've been given" #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1944323524870476274) 2025-07-13 09:10:26 UTC 1.1M followers, 70.4K engagements "Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch asks Prime Minister Keir Starmer if he agrees with the OBR warning that higher taxes "are bad for growth" The PM says his government has achieved the "highest growth in the G7" in the first quarter of this year #PMQs"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945442527798014247) 2025-07-16 11:16:57 UTC 1.1M followers, 43.2K engagements "Treasury Minister James Murray rejects Diane Abbott's claim that Labour's leaderhip wants her out of the party"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1946165298249265651) 2025-07-18 11:08:59 UTC 1.1M followers, 15.2K engagements ""I'm getting old and my body was tired" Actor Ncuti Gatwa says being Dr Who was "the most amazing job in the world" and he'd "never say never" to returning to the series #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1944337449687077069) 2025-07-13 10:05:46 UTC 1.1M followers, 4.5M engagements ""I'd say to the Israeli embassy get your own house in order" Health Secretary Wes Streeting responds to Israel's claims on Glastonbury's "glorification of violence" saying "Israeli settler terrorists" carried out "unwanton acts of violence" #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1939250975895622006) 2025-06-29 09:13:56 UTC 1.1M followers, 2.5M engagements ""People who are writing island of strangers speeches should be a bit slow to sit in judgement on Diane Abbott who has been fighting racism all her life" Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti tells #PoliticsLive"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945816886286921844) 2025-07-17 12:04:31 UTC 1.1M followers, 220K engagements "On tonights Any Questions @BBCJamesCook is joined in Manchester by Reem Ibrahim Alison McGovern Enver Solomon and Lord Willetts #BBCAQ Listen 8pm Friday / 1.10pm Saturday on @BBCRadio4 on on demand on @BBCSounds"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1946191053293281650) 2025-07-18 12:51:20 UTC 1.1M followers, 21.4K engagements ""Fordo is a nuclear facility that is built specifically and totally for the murder of Jews in Israel" Former security minister Tom Tugendhat says destroying Iran's nuclear sites will keep "British people safer" #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1936702460636131810) 2025-06-22 08:27:03 UTC 1.1M followers, 612.7K engagements "Kemi Badenoch seeks clarification on the government's proposal to not increase tax for those on modest incomes Keir Starmer says they're working for the people who work hard but haven't necessarily got savings to buy themselves out of problems #PMQs"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945443221875601444) 2025-07-16 11:19:43 UTC 1.1M followers, 41.2K engagements "Germany to tighten people-smuggling law as Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits UK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945744253780439042) 2025-07-17 07:15:54 UTC 1.1M followers, 9367 engagements "Lib Dem leader Ed Davey asks Keir Starmer if he would consider direct sanctions on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu The PM says "the only way a lasting solution" can be happen is if remaining Israeli hostages are released and aid is allowed into Gaza #PMQs"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945446224313663533) 2025-07-16 11:31:39 UTC 1.1M followers, 49.8K engagements "PM Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney is highest paid special adviser government figures show"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1946153598007591213) 2025-07-18 10:22:30 UTC 1.1M followers, 29.8K engagements ""It's very frustrating that the BBC has had some own goals in this area" Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes says recent incidents with BBC coverage such as Bob Vylan's anti-Israel Glastonbury chants could lead to "loss of confidence" in the broadcaster #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1944329202083258729) 2025-07-13 09:33:00 UTC 1.1M followers, 152.5K engagements "Former PM David Cameron treated 2016 Brexit referendum as "some sort of Eton game" Conservative MP Julian Smith says"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945497864584507754) 2025-07-16 14:56:51 UTC 1.1M followers, 23.3K engagements "PM Keir Starmer does not believe trans women are women No XX says"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1914693762946666760) 2025-04-22 14:52:21 UTC 1.1M followers, 1.4M engagements "Lib Dem MP Ian Roome asks when the government will "banish this dentistry crisis" PM Keir Starmer says "we are fixing this" adding the government is "reforming the dental contract" and recruiting more dentists to work in the NHS #PMQs"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1942912319106769104) 2025-07-09 11:42:49 UTC 1.1M followers, 42.3K engagements ""I pulled out of it a long time before it was announced" Actor Ncuti Gatwa says that he did not announce the jury votes for the UK at Eurovision this year because he was "very busy" #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1944337866580021562) 2025-07-13 10:07:26 UTC 1.1M followers, 276.7K engagements "Labour appearing consistent is core to Diane Abbott's second suspension @ChrisMasonBBC writes"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1946120852258357333) 2025-07-18 08:12:23 UTC 1.1M followers, 14.5K engagements ""We are trying to make Silicon Valley change" Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes says tech companies are "making changes" because "they have seen that Ofcom are ready to enforce" regulations #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1944329245271957687) 2025-07-13 09:33:10 UTC 1.1M followers, 63.8K engagements ""This is a big moment" Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes says new regulations to protect under-18s from harmful material online mean companies will have to either remove certain content or "have highly effective age checks" #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1944317674751762747) 2025-07-13 08:47:11 UTC 1.1M followers, 81.2K engagements "PM Keir Starmer suspends three Labour MPs for breaches of party discipline"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945492327016935702) 2025-07-16 14:34:50 UTC 1.1M followers, 57.7K engagements "Which parties could benefit from lower voting age"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945926466245468169) 2025-07-17 19:19:57 UTC 1.1M followers, 13.8K engagements "Ministers accept three-month deadline for infected blood scheme"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1785594950257701254) 2024-05-01 08:59:45 UTC 1.1M followers, 10.7K engagements ""So you don't know how much it would be in any ballpark" #BBCLauraK asks Reform UK leader Nigel Farage about his proposals to nationalise XX% of the water industry "Of course not" replies Farage but says "it doesn't need to be a big sum of money""  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1946915925963239592) 2025-07-20 12:51:43 UTC 1.1M followers, 529.9K engagements ""I think we should aim to halve people's energy bills. within the decade" Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey says he has a proposal to move towards renewable energy instead of "expensive gas" #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1946872544729997649) 2025-07-20 09:59:20 UTC 1.1M followers, 68.3K engagements "What will the Prime Minister be doing over the summer to get a grip on the cost of borrowing asks Kemi Badenoch The Tories left "an incredible mess" Keir Starmer says while demanding an apology from the Conservative leader #PMQs"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945444604666319085) 2025-07-16 11:25:13 UTC 1.1M followers, 46.9K engagements "Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch asks PM if tax on pension contributions is a tax on working people Keir Starmer says hes proud of Labour taking over public services and the NHS Business confidence is at a nine-year high he adds #PMQs"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945444536362131934) 2025-07-16 11:24:56 UTC 1.1M followers, 37.1K engagements "Government spends 53m on domestic violence programme"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945805443516760566) 2025-07-17 11:19:03 UTC 1.1M followers, 9251 engagements ""I'm not in the habit of changing my car on a yearly basis" Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander admits she doesn't have an electric car and won't confirm if upcoming "announcements" will reveal grants towards purchasing them #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1944339019841630457) 2025-07-13 10:12:01 UTC 1.1M followers, 79.9K engagements "Joining #BBCLauraK Environment Secretary Steve Reed Shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey Reform UK leader Nigel Farage Comedian Matt Forde Political strategist Jo Tanner SNP MP Stephen Flynn 9am @BBCOne"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1946622997118226730) 2025-07-19 17:27:43 UTC 1.1M followers, 103.8K engagements ""The Indian authorities have said there isn't cause for concern in relation to the aircraft" Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says she is "satisfied" with the Air India crash investigation so far but is "ready to provide assistance" #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1944332137022292451) 2025-07-13 09:44:40 UTC 1.1M followers, 59.9K engagements ""This is not my religion" Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says it's "impossible to think we haven't got some influence " on climate change but "as to what proportion it is I've no idea" #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1946863307450683568) 2025-07-20 09:22:38 UTC 1.1M followers, 113.1K engagements "UK PM Keir Starmer says "one in one out" small boats deal to return migrants to France will begin within weeks"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1943339720978682213) 2025-07-10 16:01:09 UTC 1.1M followers, 202.9K engagements ""I'm A Celebrity turned my head for Nigel Farage" Some focus group members think Reform UK's leader is different from "public school-educated" politicians but another points out Nigel Farage was privately educated and Keir Starmer was not #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1941786506818887887) 2025-07-06 09:09:14 UTC 1.1M followers, 1.6M engagements "Labour suspension after rebellion against disability benefit cuts "doesn't mean that I'm silenced" MP Rachael Maskell says"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945811622909358500) 2025-07-17 11:43:36 UTC 1.1M followers, 12.1K engagements ""I'm going to be busy getting my hair cut or washing my hair" SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn says he will find "any excuse possible" to avoid meeting US President Donald Trump on his visit to Scotland #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1946870396256493930) 2025-07-20 09:50:48 UTC 1.1M followers, 149.4K engagements ""How would you persuade huge multi-billion pound corporations to. turn themselves into. public benefit companies" #BBCLauraK asks Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey "If they had the proper regulation I think they'd just give it up" he replies"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1946863427353243954) 2025-07-20 09:23:06 UTC 1.1M followers, 88.6K engagements ""We're going to make sure the public sector is more efficient" Shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake says the Conservatives would save "70 billion pounds" by improving productivity in the public sector #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1946866060537303213) 2025-07-20 09:33:34 UTC 1.1M followers, 67.2K engagements "Labour's Imran Hussain asks how many more horrors must we witness in Gaza before the PM acts with sanctions similar to those imposed on Russia Keir Starmer says he's "appalled" by reports of more civilians being killed and calls for a ceasefire #PMQs"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945449544927318284) 2025-07-16 11:44:50 UTC 1.1M followers, 59.1K engagements "Former PM Rishi Sunak takes job at Goldman Sachs"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1942852734517956679) 2025-07-09 07:46:03 UTC 1.1M followers, 191.7K engagements "Keir Starmer stamps authority with MP suspensions but risks appearing vindictive @ChrisMasonBBC writes"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945761411772125194) 2025-07-17 08:24:05 UTC 1.1M followers, 18.3K engagements "Jeremy Corbyn asks if the deputy PM supports his bill calling for an independent public inquiry into UK involvement with Israeli military operations Angela Rayner says the government "strongly" opposes Israels blocking of humanitarian aid #PMQs"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1937843390361518200) 2025-06-25 12:00:42 UTC 1.1M followers, 412.5K engagements ""I expect the police to apply the law to everybody including the BBC" Shadow home secretary Chris Philp says there should be "an investigation" into the BBC's broadcasting of Bob Vylan at Glastonbury #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1944331561622536424) 2025-07-13 09:42:22 UTC 1.1M followers, 61.7K engagements "Benn accuses Tories of making false promises to veterans"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945019267537072256) 2025-07-15 07:15:04 UTC 1.1M followers, 19.8K engagements "Reform council agrees plan to share data with savings unit"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945915187631911367) 2025-07-17 18:35:08 UTC 1.1M followers, 16.1K engagements ""I didn't appreciate what was happening because as you'll probably appreciate PMQs is pretty wired" PM Keir Starmer says he was unaware of Chancellor Rachel Reeves crying in the Commons Follow live:"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1940718010290827552) 2025-07-03 10:23:25 UTC 1.1M followers, 62K engagements ""I'm not up for this BBC bashing" Broadcaster Kay Burley says "we all make mistakes" after the BBC broadcast Bob Vylan's performance from Glastonbury #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1944342458478784873) 2025-07-13 10:25:40 UTC 1.1M followers, 36.1K engagements ""I think the BBC need to do a rapid investigation" Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says the broadcaster "needs to maintain the trust of its audience" following controversy around its Glastonbury coverage #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1944335775065141497) 2025-07-13 09:59:07 UTC 1.1M followers, 52K engagements "Reform-led council calls for more social care visas"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945130716439703703) 2025-07-15 14:37:56 UTC 1.1M followers, 40.7K engagements "Kemi Badenoch says Labour will have to go to their constituents over summer and "explain why they've been making such a mess" PM Keir starmer says they will tell them they "promised two million NHS appointments and delivered four million" #PMQs"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945445315521188110) 2025-07-16 11:28:02 UTC 1.1M followers, 49.8K engagements ""Perhaps Sir Keir Starmer needs to go on to I'm A Celebrity" Broadcaster Susanna Reid says she was "really struck" that focus group members knew who Nigel Farage was because they'd seen him on the reality TV programme #BBCLauraK"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1941810849712091577) 2025-07-06 10:45:58 UTC 1.1M followers, 74.8K engagements ""So you don't know how much it would be in any ballpark" #BBCLauraK asks Reform UK leader Nigel Farage about his proposals to privatise XX% of the water industry "Of course not" replies Farage but says "it doesn't need to be a big sum of money""  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1946857354978308588) 2025-07-20 08:58:58 UTC 1.1M followers, 141.6K engagements ""This is the tenth year I have read this list" Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips reads names of women killed by men over the last year in the UK It takes her more than four minutes"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1897716636305510500) 2025-03-06 18:31:18 UTC 1.1M followers, 740.2K engagements "Former defence secretary Ben Wallace says he makes "no apology" for Afghan injunction"  [@BBCPolitics](/creator/x/BBCPolitics) on [X](/post/tweet/1945383751657119920) 2025-07-16 07:23:24 UTC 1.1M followers, 25.4K engagements
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@BBCPolitics
"How much will the U-turn on disability benefits cost @faisalislam looks at the figures involved in the government's decision" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-06-27 10:57:04 UTC 1.1M followers, 47.1K engagements
""I don't see myself as a rebel" says suspended Labour MP Rachael Maskell The York Central MP has been suspended along with three others following a rebellion against the government's welfare bill" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 20:02:35 UTC 1.1M followers, 94.8K engagements
""We are beginning to roll out obesity drugs on the NHS" Health Secretary Wes Streeting says there is "potential" for most obese adults in the UK to end up using weight-loss drugs #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-06-29 09:04:17 UTC 1.1M followers, 162.9K engagements
"PM Keir Starmer faces Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and other MPs in Prime Minister's Questions Follow #PMQs from midday" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 11:00:52 UTC 1.1M followers, 49.6K engagements
""Conservative Ministers. have serious questions to answer about how this was allowed to happen" PM Keir Starmer says he "welcomes" an inquiry into how a British official inadvertently leaked the data of thousands of people fleeing Afghanistan #PMQs" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 11:16:08 UTC 1.1M followers, 46.7K engagements
"Joining #BBCLauraK Melanie Dawes Chief Executive Ofcom Heidi Alexander Transport Secretary Chris Philp Shadow home secretary Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel Kay Burley broadcaster Ian Russell social media campaigner Inaya Folarin Iman journalist 9am @BBCOne" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-12 16:54:54 UTC 1.1M followers, 165.8K engagements
"Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch asks "are the self employed next for a Labour tax rise PM Keir Starmer says "we've created 380000 jobs employment rate is up and inactivity is down the complete opposite of what he inherited" #PMQs" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 11:21:29 UTC 1.1M followers, 46.1K engagements
"How will votes at XX and changes to voter ID work" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-17 18:09:48 UTC 1.1M followers, 9490 engagements
"Antisemitism report finds 'unacceptable' increase in anti-Jewish discrimination" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-15 08:42:49 UTC 1.1M followers, 218.3K engagements
""Both of you are sad people talking bad things to losers" Comedian Matt Forde channels US President Donald Trump #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-20 09:44:36 UTC 1.1M followers, 85.2K engagements
"Reform council confirms "patriotic" flag policy" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-03 15:37:57 UTC 1.1M followers, 35.9K engagements
""The law doesn't have an age limit" Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley addresses Palestine Action protestors being arrested including an 83-year-old priest #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-06 10:05:54 UTC 1.1M followers, 701.3K engagements
""If Parliament decides to widen laws towards misinformation. Ofcom stands ready to implement that" Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes says it is important for her regulator to "focus on the job we've been given" #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-13 09:10:26 UTC 1.1M followers, 70.4K engagements
"Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch asks Prime Minister Keir Starmer if he agrees with the OBR warning that higher taxes "are bad for growth" The PM says his government has achieved the "highest growth in the G7" in the first quarter of this year #PMQs" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 11:16:57 UTC 1.1M followers, 43.2K engagements
"Treasury Minister James Murray rejects Diane Abbott's claim that Labour's leaderhip wants her out of the party" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-18 11:08:59 UTC 1.1M followers, 15.2K engagements
""I'm getting old and my body was tired" Actor Ncuti Gatwa says being Dr Who was "the most amazing job in the world" and he'd "never say never" to returning to the series #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-13 10:05:46 UTC 1.1M followers, 4.5M engagements
""I'd say to the Israeli embassy get your own house in order" Health Secretary Wes Streeting responds to Israel's claims on Glastonbury's "glorification of violence" saying "Israeli settler terrorists" carried out "unwanton acts of violence" #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-06-29 09:13:56 UTC 1.1M followers, 2.5M engagements
""People who are writing island of strangers speeches should be a bit slow to sit in judgement on Diane Abbott who has been fighting racism all her life" Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti tells #PoliticsLive" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-17 12:04:31 UTC 1.1M followers, 220K engagements
"On tonights Any Questions @BBCJamesCook is joined in Manchester by Reem Ibrahim Alison McGovern Enver Solomon and Lord Willetts #BBCAQ Listen 8pm Friday / 1.10pm Saturday on @BBCRadio4 on on demand on @BBCSounds" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-18 12:51:20 UTC 1.1M followers, 21.4K engagements
""Fordo is a nuclear facility that is built specifically and totally for the murder of Jews in Israel" Former security minister Tom Tugendhat says destroying Iran's nuclear sites will keep "British people safer" #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-06-22 08:27:03 UTC 1.1M followers, 612.7K engagements
"Kemi Badenoch seeks clarification on the government's proposal to not increase tax for those on modest incomes Keir Starmer says they're working for the people who work hard but haven't necessarily got savings to buy themselves out of problems #PMQs" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 11:19:43 UTC 1.1M followers, 41.2K engagements
"Germany to tighten people-smuggling law as Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits UK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-17 07:15:54 UTC 1.1M followers, 9367 engagements
"Lib Dem leader Ed Davey asks Keir Starmer if he would consider direct sanctions on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu The PM says "the only way a lasting solution" can be happen is if remaining Israeli hostages are released and aid is allowed into Gaza #PMQs" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 11:31:39 UTC 1.1M followers, 49.8K engagements
"PM Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney is highest paid special adviser government figures show" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-18 10:22:30 UTC 1.1M followers, 29.8K engagements
""It's very frustrating that the BBC has had some own goals in this area" Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes says recent incidents with BBC coverage such as Bob Vylan's anti-Israel Glastonbury chants could lead to "loss of confidence" in the broadcaster #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-13 09:33:00 UTC 1.1M followers, 152.5K engagements
"Former PM David Cameron treated 2016 Brexit referendum as "some sort of Eton game" Conservative MP Julian Smith says" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 14:56:51 UTC 1.1M followers, 23.3K engagements
"PM Keir Starmer does not believe trans women are women No XX says" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-04-22 14:52:21 UTC 1.1M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Lib Dem MP Ian Roome asks when the government will "banish this dentistry crisis" PM Keir Starmer says "we are fixing this" adding the government is "reforming the dental contract" and recruiting more dentists to work in the NHS #PMQs" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-09 11:42:49 UTC 1.1M followers, 42.3K engagements
""I pulled out of it a long time before it was announced" Actor Ncuti Gatwa says that he did not announce the jury votes for the UK at Eurovision this year because he was "very busy" #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-13 10:07:26 UTC 1.1M followers, 276.7K engagements
"Labour appearing consistent is core to Diane Abbott's second suspension @ChrisMasonBBC writes" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-18 08:12:23 UTC 1.1M followers, 14.5K engagements
""We are trying to make Silicon Valley change" Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes says tech companies are "making changes" because "they have seen that Ofcom are ready to enforce" regulations #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-13 09:33:10 UTC 1.1M followers, 63.8K engagements
""This is a big moment" Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes says new regulations to protect under-18s from harmful material online mean companies will have to either remove certain content or "have highly effective age checks" #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-13 08:47:11 UTC 1.1M followers, 81.2K engagements
"PM Keir Starmer suspends three Labour MPs for breaches of party discipline" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 14:34:50 UTC 1.1M followers, 57.7K engagements
"Which parties could benefit from lower voting age" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-17 19:19:57 UTC 1.1M followers, 13.8K engagements
"Ministers accept three-month deadline for infected blood scheme" @BBCPolitics on X 2024-05-01 08:59:45 UTC 1.1M followers, 10.7K engagements
""So you don't know how much it would be in any ballpark" #BBCLauraK asks Reform UK leader Nigel Farage about his proposals to nationalise XX% of the water industry "Of course not" replies Farage but says "it doesn't need to be a big sum of money"" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-20 12:51:43 UTC 1.1M followers, 529.9K engagements
""I think we should aim to halve people's energy bills. within the decade" Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey says he has a proposal to move towards renewable energy instead of "expensive gas" #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-20 09:59:20 UTC 1.1M followers, 68.3K engagements
"What will the Prime Minister be doing over the summer to get a grip on the cost of borrowing asks Kemi Badenoch The Tories left "an incredible mess" Keir Starmer says while demanding an apology from the Conservative leader #PMQs" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 11:25:13 UTC 1.1M followers, 46.9K engagements
"Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch asks PM if tax on pension contributions is a tax on working people Keir Starmer says hes proud of Labour taking over public services and the NHS Business confidence is at a nine-year high he adds #PMQs" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 11:24:56 UTC 1.1M followers, 37.1K engagements
"Government spends 53m on domestic violence programme" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-17 11:19:03 UTC 1.1M followers, 9251 engagements
""I'm not in the habit of changing my car on a yearly basis" Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander admits she doesn't have an electric car and won't confirm if upcoming "announcements" will reveal grants towards purchasing them #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-13 10:12:01 UTC 1.1M followers, 79.9K engagements
"Joining #BBCLauraK Environment Secretary Steve Reed Shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey Reform UK leader Nigel Farage Comedian Matt Forde Political strategist Jo Tanner SNP MP Stephen Flynn 9am @BBCOne" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-19 17:27:43 UTC 1.1M followers, 103.8K engagements
""The Indian authorities have said there isn't cause for concern in relation to the aircraft" Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says she is "satisfied" with the Air India crash investigation so far but is "ready to provide assistance" #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-13 09:44:40 UTC 1.1M followers, 59.9K engagements
""This is not my religion" Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says it's "impossible to think we haven't got some influence " on climate change but "as to what proportion it is I've no idea" #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-20 09:22:38 UTC 1.1M followers, 113.1K engagements
"UK PM Keir Starmer says "one in one out" small boats deal to return migrants to France will begin within weeks" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-10 16:01:09 UTC 1.1M followers, 202.9K engagements
""I'm A Celebrity turned my head for Nigel Farage" Some focus group members think Reform UK's leader is different from "public school-educated" politicians but another points out Nigel Farage was privately educated and Keir Starmer was not #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-06 09:09:14 UTC 1.1M followers, 1.6M engagements
"Labour suspension after rebellion against disability benefit cuts "doesn't mean that I'm silenced" MP Rachael Maskell says" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-17 11:43:36 UTC 1.1M followers, 12.1K engagements
""I'm going to be busy getting my hair cut or washing my hair" SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn says he will find "any excuse possible" to avoid meeting US President Donald Trump on his visit to Scotland #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-20 09:50:48 UTC 1.1M followers, 149.4K engagements
""How would you persuade huge multi-billion pound corporations to. turn themselves into. public benefit companies" #BBCLauraK asks Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey "If they had the proper regulation I think they'd just give it up" he replies" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-20 09:23:06 UTC 1.1M followers, 88.6K engagements
""We're going to make sure the public sector is more efficient" Shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake says the Conservatives would save "70 billion pounds" by improving productivity in the public sector #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-20 09:33:34 UTC 1.1M followers, 67.2K engagements
"Labour's Imran Hussain asks how many more horrors must we witness in Gaza before the PM acts with sanctions similar to those imposed on Russia Keir Starmer says he's "appalled" by reports of more civilians being killed and calls for a ceasefire #PMQs" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 11:44:50 UTC 1.1M followers, 59.1K engagements
"Former PM Rishi Sunak takes job at Goldman Sachs" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-09 07:46:03 UTC 1.1M followers, 191.7K engagements
"Keir Starmer stamps authority with MP suspensions but risks appearing vindictive @ChrisMasonBBC writes" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-17 08:24:05 UTC 1.1M followers, 18.3K engagements
"Jeremy Corbyn asks if the deputy PM supports his bill calling for an independent public inquiry into UK involvement with Israeli military operations Angela Rayner says the government "strongly" opposes Israels blocking of humanitarian aid #PMQs" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-06-25 12:00:42 UTC 1.1M followers, 412.5K engagements
""I expect the police to apply the law to everybody including the BBC" Shadow home secretary Chris Philp says there should be "an investigation" into the BBC's broadcasting of Bob Vylan at Glastonbury #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-13 09:42:22 UTC 1.1M followers, 61.7K engagements
"Benn accuses Tories of making false promises to veterans" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-15 07:15:04 UTC 1.1M followers, 19.8K engagements
"Reform council agrees plan to share data with savings unit" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-17 18:35:08 UTC 1.1M followers, 16.1K engagements
""I didn't appreciate what was happening because as you'll probably appreciate PMQs is pretty wired" PM Keir Starmer says he was unaware of Chancellor Rachel Reeves crying in the Commons Follow live:" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-03 10:23:25 UTC 1.1M followers, 62K engagements
""I'm not up for this BBC bashing" Broadcaster Kay Burley says "we all make mistakes" after the BBC broadcast Bob Vylan's performance from Glastonbury #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-13 10:25:40 UTC 1.1M followers, 36.1K engagements
""I think the BBC need to do a rapid investigation" Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says the broadcaster "needs to maintain the trust of its audience" following controversy around its Glastonbury coverage #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-13 09:59:07 UTC 1.1M followers, 52K engagements
"Reform-led council calls for more social care visas" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-15 14:37:56 UTC 1.1M followers, 40.7K engagements
"Kemi Badenoch says Labour will have to go to their constituents over summer and "explain why they've been making such a mess" PM Keir starmer says they will tell them they "promised two million NHS appointments and delivered four million" #PMQs" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 11:28:02 UTC 1.1M followers, 49.8K engagements
""Perhaps Sir Keir Starmer needs to go on to I'm A Celebrity" Broadcaster Susanna Reid says she was "really struck" that focus group members knew who Nigel Farage was because they'd seen him on the reality TV programme #BBCLauraK" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-06 10:45:58 UTC 1.1M followers, 74.8K engagements
""So you don't know how much it would be in any ballpark" #BBCLauraK asks Reform UK leader Nigel Farage about his proposals to privatise XX% of the water industry "Of course not" replies Farage but says "it doesn't need to be a big sum of money"" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-20 08:58:58 UTC 1.1M followers, 141.6K engagements
""This is the tenth year I have read this list" Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips reads names of women killed by men over the last year in the UK It takes her more than four minutes" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-03-06 18:31:18 UTC 1.1M followers, 740.2K engagements
"Former defence secretary Ben Wallace says he makes "no apology" for Afghan injunction" @BBCPolitics on X 2025-07-16 07:23:24 UTC 1.1M followers, 25.4K engagements
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