# ![@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

""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, 339.9K 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, 647.4K engagements


"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022458875346051565)  2026-02-13T23:52Z 700.2K followers, [----] 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, 329.2K engagements


""I would strongly believe that he would very much like him to testify." Jonathan Dimbleby friend of King Charles says he senses that the King wants his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to testify in front of the US congress on the Epstein files. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022461041347527030)  2026-02-14T00:01Z 700.2K followers, 24.5K 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


"So its not about you its not about your farm and the fact you bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax @vicderbyshire speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers protest in Westminster where thousands of farmers are protesting the governments inheritance tax plans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1858848536873279823)  2024-11-19T12:23Z 700.2K followers, 7.6M 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 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


""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


""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


""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


"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


""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


""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 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


""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


""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


""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


""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


"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


""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, 162.9K 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


""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


""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


""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


"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


""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


"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


"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


"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


""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


""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


"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, 45.1K 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


"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


"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


""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


"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021364224992375292)  2026-02-10T23:22Z 700.2K followers, [----] 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, 340.2K 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, 142K engagements


""It's a complete mystery." Peter Reynolds who was arrested in Afghanistan alongside his wife Barbie last year says it's still unclear why he was detained. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022452530265866669)  2026-02-13T23:27Z 700.2K followers, 117K engagements


"Women are proud of you thank you Gisle Pelicot responds to messages of support from women across France. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022649254641111344)  2026-02-14T12:28Z 700.2K followers, 80.7K 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 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, 26.1K engagements


""He will be sensing the need to give duty of care." Jonathan Dimbleby describes his friend the King's likely feelings towards Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor who Dimbleby describes as "a broken finished man at best". #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022458821843574792)  2026-02-13T23:52Z 700.2K followers, 20.6K engagements


"Survivors should never feel ashamed theyre not guilty of anything. Gisle Pelicot shares her message to survivors of sexual violence around the world. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022650724841144799)  2026-02-14T12:34Z 700.2K followers, 18.1K 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


""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, 542.3K 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, 100.4K engagements


""There's not a cat in hell's chance that he will go." Broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby tells @katierazz that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is unlikely to follow calls by US lawmakers to testify in Congress about his association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022459133576769871)  2026-02-13T23:53Z 700.2K followers, 32K engagements


"We were crushed by the horror but Im a survivor Gisle Pelicot speaks to #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022648440639852576)  2026-02-14T12:25Z 700.2K followers, 11.2K engagements


"I need to go and see him to get answers Gisle Pelicot discusses the prospect of visiting her ex-husband in jail adding: face to face I hope hell be able to give me the answers Im still seeking. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022650214272635258)  2026-02-14T12:32Z 700.2K followers, 10.6K engagements


"If you have been affected by any of the issues in this video details of help and support in the UK are available at http://bbc.co.uk/actionline http://bbc.co.uk/actionline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022650811914895578)  2026-02-14T12:35Z 700.2K followers, [----] engagements


""The economy grows because the population grows; tax revenues grow because more people pay those taxes." Mehreen Khan economics editor of the Times says the government's goals of economic growth and a reduction in immigration numbers are contradictory. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1960465013916754240)  2025-08-26T22:10Z 700.2K followers, 1.8M 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


""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, 14.8K 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/anyuser/status/1902123094300357072)  2025-03-18T22:21Z 700.2K followers, 4.1M 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


""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/anyuser/status/1976777985161081149)  2025-10-10T22:32Z 700.2K followers, 2.5M engagements


""We absorbed [------] Ukrainians. Why is it that we can do that for people from one country but not from anywhere else in the world" Ellie Chowns Leader of the Greens in Westminster wants to tackle illegal crossings by providing "safe legal and managed routes." #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1998896567730798745)  2025-12-10T23:24Z 700.2K followers, 1.1M 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


"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, 557.6K 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, 105.3K 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, 83.3K 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 700.2K followers, 13.7K 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, 177.6K 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, 201.6K 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, 36.6K 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, 22.3K 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


"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021352547840295120)  2026-02-10T22:36Z 700.2K followers, 342.2K engagements


""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


""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, 31K 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, 17.7K engagements


"Lord Doyle has apologised for his past association with Sean Morton a former Labour councillor who admitted indecent child image offences in 2017"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2021635907007508651)  2026-02-11T17:22Z 700.2K followers, [----] 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, 11.2K 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, 22.4K 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, 25.1K 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, 14.4K 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


"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


""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, 283.5K 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, 71.8K engagements


"He should get on a plane and testify Labour peer Ayesha Hazarika says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is a scandal thats got to the heart of the royal family and urges Mountbatten-Windsor to testify before the US Congress. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022448922577269074)  2026-02-13T23:12Z 700.2K followers, 14.6K engagements


"Its the most sorrowful and remorseful Ive ever seen a Labour leader Labour peer Ayesha Hazarika tells @katierazz how Keir Starmer shored up his premiership earlier this week. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022452503841751498)  2026-02-13T23:27Z 700.2K followers, 16.1K engagements


""Hang in there don't lose your hope. I'm sure they're finding survival mechanisms." Barbie Reynolds who was detained in Afghanistan for nearly eight months has called for the release of British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman currently being held in Iran. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022453072673341488)  2026-02-13T23:29Z 700.2K followers, [----] engagements


""It would be astonishing if he wasn't concerned appalled by the allegations. no institution wants that." Jonathan Dimbleby broadcaster and friend of King Charles describes how the King may be feeling about allegations relating to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. #Newsnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022454894515392932)  2026-02-13T23:36Z 700.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022454971091030035)  2026-02-13T23:36Z 700.2K followers, [----] engagements


"If you have been affected by any of the issues in this video details of help and support in the UK are available at http://bbc.co.uk/actionline http://bbc.co.uk/actionline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022648523855192503)  2026-02-14T12:26Z 700.2K followers, [----] engagements


"If you have been affected by any of the issues in this video details of help and support in the UK are available at http://bbc.co.uk/actionline http://bbc.co.uk/actionline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022650392845377861)  2026-02-14T12:33Z 700.2K followers, [----] engagements


"If you have been affected by any of the issues in this video details of help and support in the UK are available at http://bbc.co.uk/actionline http://bbc.co.uk/actionline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2022651411381506280)  2026-02-14T12:37Z 700.2K followers, [----] engagements

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