BBC Politics
Ruth Davidson on devolution, Brexit and the Conservative leadership race - BBC Newsnight
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- Ruth Davidson on devolution, Brexit and the Conservative leadership race - BBC Newsnight
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- 7:07
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Twenty years on from the opening of the Scottish Parliament, Kirsty Walk talks to Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson.
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The Scottish Parliament assumed full legal powers on 1 July 1999. Twenty years on from devolution, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson says the Scottish parliament "has become the centre of Scottish civic and political life".
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- Nicola Sturgeon: 'Brexit will damage Scotland' - BBC Newsnight
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- 6:52
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Twenty years on from the opening of the Scottish Parliament, Kirsty Walk talks to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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The Scottish Parliament assumed full legal powers on 1 July 1999. Twenty years on, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says devolution has given the country a sense of "self confidence".
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- The Scottish Parliament 20 years on - BBC Newsnight
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- 5:15
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The Scottish parliament was opened with noble ambitions two decades ago.
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“This is about more than our politics and our laws this is about who we are and how we carry ourselves,” said Donald Dewar Scotland’s then first minister.
The parliament has quickly become established in the life of Scotland, but how much has it actually achieved?
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- Liz Truss: 'We've already cut taxes for the lowest earners' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 17:46
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- As Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt go head-to-head what exactly are the candidates pledging to tax and spend should they become prime minister?
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Economics Editor Ben Chu reports.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss, who backs Boris Johnson, joins Emily Maitlis in the studio.
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- Missing Velázquez masterpiece found after 300 years – BBC Newsnight
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- 6:05
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Olimpia Maidalchini was one of the most powerful women in 17th-century Rome. Her portrait, by Spanish painter Diego Velázquez has been missing since 1724 - until now.
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Pope Innocent X presided over the influential Vatican state in the seventeenth century but the real power behind the papal throne belonged to the Pope’s sister in law and reputed lover Donna Olimpia Maidalchini.
A feminist before her time, she was immortalised by one of the greatest ever portrait painters, Diego Velázquez.
The painting has been missing for 300 years, until now, and it's going on sale at Sotheby's in London with a price tag of £3 million.
Culture Correspondent Stephen Smith reports.
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- Has Brexit made the breakup of the UK more likely? - BBC Newsnight
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- 9:33
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The Acts of Union of 1707 led to the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Can it survive Brexit?
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A YouGov poll of approximately 900 Conservative Party members found that 63% of those surveyed would prefer Brexit to go ahead even it caused Scottish independence. So how committed is the Conservative Party to keeping the UK together? Ben Chu Reports.
In the studio, Emma Barnett is joined by Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell and the SNP’s Dr Philippa Whitford.
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- Asylum seekers: 'They didn't believe I was a child' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:58
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- "He brought out a knife and lunged at me," said Burhan, a teenager who came to the UK seeking safety.
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Burhan - not his real name - arrived in the UK in the back of a lorry, aged 16.
But authorities did not believe he was a child and instead placed him into the adult system, where he says he was attacked.
He is one of 137 child asylum seekers - identified by Newsnight - that have been wrongly classified as adults.
Between January 2018 and March 2019, these children were sent into adult accommodation, only for authorities to later accept they had been telling the truth about their age.
Using the Freedom of Information Act, Newsnight identified 26 cases in Derby, and 29 in Cardiff. Another nine were identified in Birmingham, 56 in Liverpool, eight in Croydon, seven in Wakefield and two in Glasgow.
These cities are the UK's seven regional hubs for processing asy...
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- Naomi Campbell: 'Diversity is not a trend' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 6:10
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Naomi Campbell talks diversity, exceptional beauty and the Windrush scandal.
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The British Fashion Council has announced that Naomi Campbell will receive the Fashion Icon Award later this year.
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- US-Iran: Could the US end up in an accidental war? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 3:36
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- President Donald Trump has said the US military was "cocked and loaded to retaliate" against Iran, but he changed his mind 10 minutes before planned strikes.
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Attacks on three sites were planned in response to the shooting down of a US unmanned drone this week.
Mr Trump said he had called off strikes after being told 150 people would die.
He tweeted: "10 minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone."
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- Britain's next prime minister: Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 3:39
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Who exactly are the men competing to be the next Conservative leader and Britain's new prime minister?
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David Grossman takes a closer look at Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt.
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- 'No school for two years': The special needs pupils 'squeezed' out of school - BBC Newsnight
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- 8:54
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- More than 1,500 children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) are without a school place in England.
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Newsnight collated figures from 46 English councils (25%), which suggests the real figure may be higher.
One mother told the programme her son had been "squeezed out" of school as a "quick cost-cutting solution".
The Department for Education told Newsnight:
“The introduction of Education Health Care Plans has also meant more than a quarter of a million children with the most complex special educational needs are receiving the tailored support they need to thrive.
"We know that a number of children with EHC plans are waiting for a place in school, having moved to a new local authority area, or waiting for their first primary school place. Local authorities are responsible for ensuring that there are sufficient school places for all children in their loc...
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- 40 years after Thatcher: Inequality in the UK - BBC Newsnight
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- 12:54
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Forty years after Margaret Thatcher came to power, is the UK once again on the brink of a sea change?
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In the final of a series of three films about the direction of the UK, our economics editor Ben Chu looks at the issue of inequality.
He's visits Cambridge, home to Silicon Fen, and is joined by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, chief secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss and former Bank of England governor Lord King.
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- Tory leadership debate: MPs react to TV clash - BBC Newsnight
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- 22:50
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Having hosted the five remaining Conservative leadership hopefuls in a live TV debate, Emily Maitlis gets the verdicts of their supporters.
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Work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd, justice secretary David Gauke, former Tory party leader Iain Duncan Smith, former minister George Eustice and former work and pensions secretary Stephen Crabb make the cases for each of their candidates.
Meanwhile, one wannabe leader admits his performance was "lacklustre".
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- Hong Kong: 'Carrie Lam has to withdraw bill' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 4:14
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- As pressure mounts on the city's chief executive, a former opposition leader calls for a public apology.
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Protests against an extradition bill continued in Hong Kong over the weekend, with organisers claiming two million people were on the city's streets. Authorities say it was around 300,000.
Emily Lau, a pro-democracy campaigner and former leader of the Democratic Party, tells Newsnight that Carrie Lam, the territory's chief executive, must apologise publicly and withdraw the bill.
Our International editor Gabriel Gatehouse, who was in Hong Kong reporting from the protests, joins Mark Urban in the studio.
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- David Baddiel on Jo Brand acid joke, the limits of comedy and free speech - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:42
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Comedian David Baddiel discuss the limits of comedy, free speech and outrage on social media with Steve Smith.
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Comedian Jo Brand was accused of inciting violence after joking on BBC Radio 4's Heresy about throwing acid instead of milkshakes at "unpleasant characters".
She later apologised for what she called a "crass and ill-judged" joke.
The show's creator, David Baddiel, said the BBC was "cowardly" for removing the joke from a repeat of the episode.
The Metropolitan Police has said it will take no further action over Jo Brand's comments on a radio show about throwing battery acid at politicians.
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- Artist Keith Haring’s first UK exhibition - BBC Newsnight
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- 6:04
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- In 1990, artist and activist Keith Haring died at the age of 31. The New York Street artist had never had a major UK exhibition, until now.
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Haring campaigned against apartheid, the dangers of crack cocaine and spent his last years raising awareness about safe sex and Aids, the illness he died from.
Our culture correspondent Stephen Smith reports from Tate Liverpool on an artist who was ahead of his time.
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- A new counter-Russia mission for the SAS? - BBC Newsnight
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- 2:55
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The government is considering a new mission for the SAS and other UK special forces, sources have revealed to Newsnight.
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The mission, should ministers choose to authorise it, is to counter Russian and other forces around the world. The change of focus comes as missions against Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq begin to wind down.
Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reporting.
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- Brexit: Care providers say number of EU workers falling - BBC Newsnight
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- 7:03
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Providers of social care in the UK say they have seen a "frightening" decline in the numbers of EU nationals applying for jobs in the sector.
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Jane Stewart from Peach Nursing said she currently employed just one British carer out of 44.
She said a drop in EU nationals applying for jobs meant that for the first time in 14 years she was forced to tell people: "I can't help you."
But the Department for Health and Social Care said the numbers of EU nationals working in the sector had risen since the 2016 Brexit referendum.
The department also said they “recognise the invaluable contribution of care workers” and they “remain focused on reaching a deal with the EU which benefits the health and care workforce”.
Lucy Webster reports.
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- Hong Kong: Mass protests turn violent but China says story is 'distorted' - BBC Newsnight
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- 18:43
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- A proposed extradition law has resulted in some of the largest protests ever seen in Hong Kong.
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The Chinese Ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, tells Mark Urban that China is upholding the principle of "one country, two systems" and that the British government has "no right to interfere with citizens of Hong Kong."
Violent clashes have broken out in Hong Kong amid protests against a controversial extradition bill.
Lawmakers have postponed the second reading of the bill, which would make it easier to send people to mainland China to stand trial.
Our international editor Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Hong Kong.
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- Hong Kong protests: 'No one safe' under extradition - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:09
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Demonstrators rally outside government offices in Hong Kong to protest a controversial extradition law.
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Some of the biggest demonstrations ever seen in the former British colony have drawn hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets.
Protesters see the new law - which would allow suspected criminals to be sent to mainland China for trial - as a dangerous attempt to erode the city's judicial independence.
But Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam has refused to scrap the bill.
Our international editor Gabriel Gatehouse reports from the city.
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- Tory leadership contest: Could Boris Johnson become the next prime minister? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 4:33
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Conservative front runner Boris Johnson launches his leadership campaign today.
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He has gained support from those who were thought to be set against him. So what changed their minds?
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- Buzzfeed CEO on viral content, fake news and profitability - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:29
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Jonah Peretti joins Emily Maitlis in the studio.
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Buzzfeed launched 13 years ago and wanted to break the mould of news.
They were one of the first news companies to harness the power of social media, but growing pains led to layoffs and criticism.
Emily ask Jonah Peretti about Buzfeed's business model and viral content.
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- TV licence: Should the BBC pay for pensioners? - BBC Newsnight
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- 7:20
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Free TV licences for up to 3.7m pensioners are being scrapped, the BBC has announced.
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Under the new rules, only low-income households where one person receives the pension credit benefit will still be eligible for a free licence.
In 2015, the UK government announced the BBC would take over the cost of providing free licences for over-75s by 2020 as part of the fee settlement.
But that would have cost £745m, a fifth of the BBC's budget, by 2021/22. This, the BBC said, would have meant the closure of several channels and stations - a move they did not believe could be justified for the rest of the licence fee payers.
So has the BBC bottled it? Or should it never have agreed to become a cultural arm of the welfare state?
Ben Chu reports and Emily Maitlis is joined by the BBC's chairman David Clementi.
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- Italy's former PM: 'Europe needs a revolution' - BBC Newsnight
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- 8:05
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Ahead of the European elections, Newsnight spoke to three former leaders about the future of social democracy.
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Social democracy - the political philosophy that promotes social justice - is on the decline across Europe.
Newsnight's diplomatic editor Mark Urban speaks to Italy's former prime minister and former leader of the Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi.
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- Elmer the Patchwork Elephant turns 30 - BBC Newsnight
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- 5:01
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Elmer has become a symbol of inclusivity and celebration of difference.
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Newsnight’s Steve Smith meets the man whose sketchpad brought him to life, as the character celebrates its 30th anniversary.
The colourful elephant is the creation of children’s author and illustrator David McKee, who is also behind Mr Benn - the bowler-hatted gent whose visits to a fancy dress shop led to fantastic adventures.
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- Ford Bridgend: What's behind plant closure? - BBC Newsnight
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- 13:21
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Ford's engine plant in south Wales is set to close in autumn 2020, with the loss of 1,700 jobs.
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According to Ford, the operation is "economically unsustainable, " - they insist that this would have happened regardless of Brexit.
Our economics editor Ben Chu reports from Bridgend.
Richard Harrington, former Minister for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price and Kate Andrews, the Associate Director for the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, join Kirsty Wark in the studio.
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- D-Day 75th anniversary: 'A victory was never certain' - BBC Newsnight
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- 7:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- President Trump joined the Queen and Theresa May to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
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But the international cooperation being celebrated this week wasn't as straightforward as it is generally believed to be.
For a long time the British and the Americans argued about whether D-Day was even worth trying. But even when they agreed, a victory was never certain.
Winston Churchill wanted to focus on the Mediterranean campaign and wrote to President Roosevelt in 1943 casting doubt over whether D-Day should happen in 1944. But, he was persuaded by the Americans to go ahead.
Our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports.
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- Inside the UK's drug buyers' clubs - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 8:54
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Patients losing out as a result of high prices are finding alternative ways to get their medicine.
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Deborah Cohen meets the cystic fibrosis patients and their parents banding together to import generic copies of drugs the NHS and the manufacturers can't agree a price for.
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- Michael Wolff: Bannon and Trump 'extraordinary political relationship of our time' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:49
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Michael Wolff reacts to President Trump’s UK state visit, as his new book 'Siege: Trump Under Fire' is published.
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Michael Wolff’s first book on Donald Trump, 'Fire and Fury', took the world by storm when it was published last January.
It came under fire both for its sourcing and claims.
'Siege' picks up where 'Fire and Fury' left off and faces similar questions about its accuracy.
Emily Maitlis asks why he chose Steve Bannon, President Trump’s former White House Chief Strategist, as a source for the new book.
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- ARCHIVE: Tanks roll into Tiananmen Square (4 June 1989) - BBC Newsnight
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- 26:06
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The brutal crackdown against the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 marked a turning point in contemporary Chinese history.
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Newsnight dedicated a special programme to the protests on 4 June 1989.
Gavin Esler presents.
Guests in order of appearance: Sir Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary 1983-89, Henry Kissinger former United States Secretary of State, Edward Heath former prime minister and Gerald Kaufman, Shadow Foreign Secretary 1987-92.
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- UK chancellor rejects claims 'millions live in dire poverty' - BBC Newsnight
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- 11:05
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The chancellor has rejected claims that millions live in poverty in Britain.
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Chancellor Philip Hammond has rejected claims made by a UN special rapporteur that austerity has plunged millions into further poverty in Britain.
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- Bill de Blasio: 'Donald Trump should apologise to Sadiq Khan' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 18:01
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The Queen has welcomed President Trump for his first UK state visit.
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Moments before landing, US President Donald Trump reignited his political feud with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, calling him a "stone cold loser who should focus on crime in London". The President also criticised NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, tweeting he was "dumb and incompetent."
Bill de Blasio joins Emily from Albany, New York to discuss the President's first UK state visit and the contents of his tweets.
Emily is also joined by Conservative MP Sir John Redwood, former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer and Liz Harrington, national spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee.
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- LGBT lessons row: Protesters banned from school - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 9:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- After weeks of protests, Birmingham City Council have taken out an injunction to prevent mainly Muslim parents standing outside one primary school objecting to relationship equality classes.
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Elizabeth Glinka reported from Anderton Park Primary School in May and interviewed a few of the protesting parents.
Kirsty Wark spoke to Anderton Park head teacher Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, who says the injunction was a "step forward to solving the issues”.
However, Ajmal Masroor - an imam and founder of Communities in Action tells Kirsty "It's people's democratic right to protest and the city council can bring as many injunctions as they like but they cannot silence people's discontent.”
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- Trump UK state visit: How should Theresa May handle it? - BBC Newsnight
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- 11:38
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- President Trump has arrived in the UK today for a state visit.
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Before the visit, President Trump told the Sun newspaper that he was backing Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson to be the next UK prime minister. He also told the Sunday Times that Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage should be involved in the government's negotiations to leave the EU.
How should Theresa May play this state visit? And how will this affect future UK-US relations?
Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports.
In studio to discus with Kirsty Wark, John McTernan, former adviser to Tony Blair, Lionel Shriver American Author and Journalist and Sarah Elliot, Chair of Republicans Overseas
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- Former Danish PM: 'There is still a role for social democracy' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 10:03
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Ahead of the European elections, Newsnight spoke to three former leasers about the future of social democracy.
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Social democracy - the political philosophy that promotes social justice - is on the decline across Europe.
Newsnight's diplomatic editor Mark Urban speaks to Denmark's former prime minister and ex-leader of the Social Democrats, Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
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- Gentleman Jack's Sally Wainwright on class and gender in TV writing - BBC Newsnight
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- 5:56
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Award-winning writer and director Sally Wainwright tells Kirsty Wark that talent "needs people to show faith in it".
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The television writer – behind Gentleman Jack and Last Tango in Halifax – said working in TV was “harder if you’re a woman” and “harder if you haven’t been to private school”.
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- Tory leadership contest: Matt Hancock says he is 'fresh face' UK needs - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 14:58
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Health secretary Matt Hancock is one of 11 contenders vying to replace Prime Minister Theresa May.
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The Conservative MP, who has been in May's Cabinet for 18 months, tells Emma Barnett the next prime minister should be "somebody who hasn't been as involved in the rows and rancour" of Brexit.
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- Jared Diamond: Britain will always struggle with Brexit question - BBC Newsnight
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- 5:17
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Pulitzer prize-winning American historian Jared Diamond reflects on the state of British politics.
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Emma Barnett begins by asking the author if another referendum could offer a route out of Britain's "severe crisis" - as he put it.
As he releases his new book 'Upheaval: How nations cope with crisis and change', Diamond says the UK's "geography guarantees that these issues will come up in the future because Britain will always be an island and will always be close to Europe, so you will always be struggling with this (Brexit) question.”
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- Tony Blair on how to renew social democracy - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 15:09
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Ahead of the European elections, Newsnight spoke to three former leaders about the future of social democracy.
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Social democracy - the political philosophy that promotes social justice - is on the decline across Europe.
Newsnight's diplomatic editor Mark Urban speaks to the centre-left former Labour prime minister Tony Blair.
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- EU Elections: How the Brexit Party used Facebook to win a Welsh town - BBC Newsnight
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- 8:22
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- What role did social media play in the Brexit Party’s hugely successful European Election campaign?
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James Clayton goes to Merthyr Tydfil in the south Wales valleys and looks under the bonnet of the party’s highly successful social media strategy - modelled on other European populist parties like the five star movement in Italy.
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- European elections 2019: What next for Brexit? - BBC Newsnight
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- 16:09
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The Brexit Party was the clear winner in the UK's European elections, with the pro-EU Liberal Democrats coming second.
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Meanwhile the Conservatives and Labour suffered heavy losses.
So what can we learn from these results?
What do they mean against the backdrop of a Conservative leadership election, the type of Brexit the UK might get and the possibility of another referendum?
Mark Urban is joined by Conservatives Steve Baker and Rory Stewart and Labour's Barry Gardiner.
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- Theresa May’s legacy by Michael Cockerell - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 10:39
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- As Theresa May announces her resignation, veteran political reporter Michael Cockerell takes a look back on her rise to political power.
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In an emotional statement, Theresa May said she had done her best to deliver Brexit and deeply regretted that she’d been unable to do so.
Mrs May said she would continue to serve as prime minister while a Conservative leadership contest takes place.
The party said it hoped a new leader could be in place by the end of July.
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- What do Yanis Varoufakis and Marine Le Pen have in common? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 11:34
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Populist parties are expected to make gains in the EU elections – but can anything unite progressives?
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Former Greek finance minister and co-founder of the Democracy in Europe movement, Yanis Varoufakis says it's the 'Green New Deal' and climate change.
Varoufakis is spearheading a transnational coalition called the European Spring - their central policy is a proposal for a pan-European Green New Deal.
But politicians like Marine Le Pen say “You can’t speak about environmentalism if you’re defending an ultra-liberal model”
Gabriel Gatehouse met Varoufakis and Le Pen on the campaign trail.
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- Lord Sacks: 'Today's politicians are too political' - BBC Newsnight
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- 8:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Philosopher, author and former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks reflects on the state of UK politics and the politicians we need for the future.
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With a political crisis and a Brexit stalemate, do we have a moral imperative to compromise?
And what have we done to deserve our current crop of politicians?
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- Brexit: Will MPs back Theresa May’s 'new deal'? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 20:32
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Theresa May says MPs will get a vote on whether to hold another referendum if they back her bill.
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The prime minister said MPs have "one last chance" to deliver Brexit, urging them to back what she called a "new deal".
Emily Maitlis asks Justice Secretary David Gauke about how many minds he believed the prime minister had changed with her new proposition.
In studio, Emily is joined by Labour MP for Redcar Anna Turley, Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin, who sits on the executive of the 1922 Committee and the DUP’s Westminster leader Nigel Dodds to discuss whether anyone is tempted by her new offer.
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- European elections: Plaid Cymru 'riding a Remain wave' - BBC Newsnight
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price joins Emily Maitlis ahead of the European elections.
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Adam Price tells Emily why his party are "riding a Remain wave", despite Wales voting leave in the EU referendum.
Plaid Cymru have pledged to "beat Brexit" in their European election campaign.
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- Britain’s hidden children’s homes - BBC Newsnight
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- 22:06
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Thousands of teenagers in care are living in unregulated homes and being "abandoned to organised crime gangs", Newsnight is told.
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As part of a special series of reports, Newsnight has learned that - according to figures from the Department for Education - around 5,000 looked after children in England are living in so-called 16+ supported or semi-supported accommodation - up from 2,900 ten years ago.
This type of accommodation is not subject to statutory inspection or registered, even though residents are in the care of the state.
Police forces have raised concerns, saying criminals see the premises as an easy target for recruitment.
Children and families minister Nadhim Zahawi said: "Local authorities are required to make sure that children in care and care leavers are given suitable accommodation to meet their needs, including that they are safe and secure which is why I rec...
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- How much would it really cost to renationalise the National Grid? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:13
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The Labour party plans to re-nationalise the National Grid, the largest transmitter of electricity and gas in Britain. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F
Labour has published its policy blueprint for how it would go about it.
But there’s a big disagreement about how much this nationalisation would cost.
Newsnight's economics editor Ben Chu takes a closer look at the numbers.
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- Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie: Madonna will 'do anything for money' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 6:22
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The rock band's frontman speaks to Kirsty Wark ahead of a new greatest hits album.
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Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie recalls what went into the classics that became anthems of a generation.
A prominent campaigner for the rights of Palestinians, Gillespie said Madonna was a “total prostitute” and will “do anything for money”, over her decision to perform during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Earlier, Madonna said: “I’ll never stop playing music to suit someone’s political agenda nor will I stop speaking out against violations of human rights wherever in the world they may be.”
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- European Elections: Green Party on the environment and Brexit - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 3:37
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Kirsty Wark interviews Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP.
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With the European Parliament elections around the corner, Green MEP Molly Scott Cato says the Green Party are pro-Remain and are “the future for Europe”.
Kirsty Wark asks Molly Scott Cato about climate change, environmental policies and Brexit.
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