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Liz Rawlings
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Deputy Editor BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Arsenal season ticket holder. Get in touch: liz.rawlings1@bbc.co.uk
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Victoria Derbyshire challenges Zia Yusuf over Reform’s plans for spending cuts

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Victoria Derbyshire challenges Zia Yusuf over Reform’s plans for spending cuts
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November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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WATCH: Ex-Nato boss: Teens should be prepared to "defend our societies" from Russian aggression

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Ex-Nato boss: Teens should be prepared to "defend our societies" from Russian aggression
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August 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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"Absolutely standard authoritarian tactics"

The King's former advisor Sir Jonathan Porritt condemns the Home Secretary for the proscription of Palestine Action.

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August 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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WATCH: Epstein survivor says “monster” Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison move is "a slap in the face"

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Epstein survivor says “monster” Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison move is "a slap in the face"
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August 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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WATCH - A Nation's Shame: Grooming Survivors Speak | BBC Newsnight special

Survivors of abuse and exploitation speak live to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social ahead of Baroness Casey's soon-to-be-released government report on grooming and rape gangs.

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A Nation's Shame: Grooming Survivors Speak | BBC Newsnight special
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June 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Great interview with @vicderbyshire.bsky.social in the Telegraph
‘Newsnight has gained a new lease of life….in the age of social media, opinions abound but the kind of thoughtful analysis provided by Newsnight is in short supply’

So says Daily Telegraph 👇

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Victoria Derbyshire on Newsnight’s improbable comeback in the second age of Trump
A booming news agenda has given BBC Two’s flagship show a fresh lease of life
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March 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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"It feels like a rerun of austerity and I'm worried about that."

Neil Duncan-Jordan, Labour MP for Poole, says cuts to benefits will create more poverty and says there will be Labour MPs who will vote against welfare benefits cuts.

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March 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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In his first TV interview since being diagnosed with dementia a year ago, ex-Hull City striker Dean Windass tells #Newsnight of his fears for his future 10-15 years down the line

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March 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Mark Carney has been named Canada’s next Prime Minister.

In January he spoke to @faisalislam.bsky.social in a UK broadcast exclusive for #Newsnight
WATCH: "We're going to stand up to a bully.”

Mark Carney, the favourite to be the next Canadian prime minister, hits back at Donald Trump after the President imposed tariffs on Canada.

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"We're going to stand up to a bully" | Mark Carney on President Trump’s Canada trade tariffs
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March 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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“Should the planned State Visit for [Donald Trump] still go ahead?”

Former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt tells Nick Watt that the US President’s second state visit “absolutely should” go ahead despite the clash with President Zelensky in the Oval Office.

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February 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Sam Kiley: "Who started this war?"

Carla Sands: "I believe it was Joe Biden."

Sam Kiley: "Joe Biden didn't invade Ukraine!"

Independent World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley and former Trump ambassador Carla Sands disagree after today's White House meeting.

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February 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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"He has become a true voice of Ukrainian people"

Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Merezhko says his country is "proud" of President Zelensky after his meeting with Donald Trump today, insisting: "public opinion is on our side in the United States".

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February 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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“I thought for many years that in my lifetime I would see America become a rogue state and that’s happened”

Podcaster Gabriel Gatehouse expresses his shock after Presidents Trump and Zelensky's historic White House meeting, adding "this is a mafia shakedown".

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February 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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“Making concessions at the outset to somebody like Vladimir Putin, who is the combination of a street thug, a bully and a coward, is not really good tactics.”

H. R. McMaster, Trump’s National Security Advisor 2017-18, discusses the President’s approach to Vladimir Putin and Ukraine.

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February 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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“I don’t know how you can fix this when you haven’t got the social care in place?”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Health Secretary Wes Streeting what improvements the government is making to social care while meeting staff at King’s College Hospital in South London.

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February 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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“Is [the NHS] really turning a corner?”

“It’s beginning to turn a corner...”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social presses Health Secretary Wes Streeting on the government’s NHS improvement plans, who adds that “change is going to take time”.

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February 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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“The number one priority is to stop the bloodshed.”

FULL INTERVIEW with Senior Director for Counterterrorism and Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump, Sebastian Gorka, speaking live from the White House about yesterday's Ukraine announcement.

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February 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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“The imagery is next level shocking.”

“Our house will definitely be next…”

The story of the LA fires, as told by the residents whose neighbourhoods have been left devastated.

[Part 1]

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January 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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VD: “As a result of some of Elon Musk’s tweets, the threat to you has gone up?”

JP: “Yes...”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Jess Phillips about Elon Musk’s attacks about her response to grooming gangs in the UK, adding his comments are “endangering” her.

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January 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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“I’m absolutely haunted [by it] and that’s why I advocate so strongly for assisted dying”

Nathaniel Dye – whose mother died of the same cancer he is dying from – explains why he’s backing tomorrow’s bill.

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November 29, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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“I worry about coercion from medics, who are allowed to suggest people take this option.”

Palliative care patient Nicki Myers says the assisted dying bill takes power away from disabled people.

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November 29, 2024 at 12:22 AM
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“To close the door tomorrow... would be monstrous.”

“We need more timed to scrutinise.”

Kit Malthouse MP and Ruth Jones MP disagree over the Assisted Dying Bill.

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November 29, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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“They believe this bill is going to scrape through on Friday.”

“They think it is beginning to struggle.”

Political Editor Nick Watt shares the feeling around Westminster ahead of the vote on the assisted dying bill.

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November 26, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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“You can’t write in black and white a law that's safe, that won’t be progressively loosened and won’t be abused.”

Conservative MP Danny Kruger fears that if MPs vote in favour of assisted dying this week, the frail and elderly will be obliged to think about it as an option.

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November 26, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Newsnight is looking for a journalism researcher as part of the BBC's Extend programme for disabled people. This is a great entry level role for a talented journalist.

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November 26, 2024 at 5:11 PM