Been overwhelmed by all the kindness, messages - and support on here - and I’ve probably missed much of it. A big thank you from us all at #newsnight
emily m
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emily m
@maitlis
#TheNewsAgents host. Newsnight, BBC2 Interviews with Prince Andrew, Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, Keir Starmer James Comey , Bill Clinton. Appalling typing.
london
Joined February 2009
- Forget piers walking off. Listen to Alex. He’s superb.Piers Morgan just walked off the Good Morning Britain set (!!!) after co-presenter Alex Beresford defended Harry and Meghan and condemned Piers' treatment of them in yesterday's programming
00:00 - Very much available here
- What is so striking is how many conservative mps are still talking about what is “ best for the party”. It’s a real give away - that party still seemingly comes before country and constituents and democracy.
- One suspect denies raping Pelicot saying - after explicit video of him exposed - it was his “body not his brain. “. He just got 12 years. For both body And brain.
- Curious that @GaryLineker was free to raise questions about Qatar’s human rights record - with the blessing of the bbc - over the World Cup , but cannot raise questions of human rights in this country if it involves criticism of government policy …Great to see the freedom of speech champions out in force this morning demanding silence from those with whom they disagree. 👊🏻
- Wine on the walls, vomit, a fight. And cleaners - who weren’t able to see their families - regularly cleaning it all up. But yep, let’s all get on now …The PM has apologised and is implementing all Sue Gray's recommendations. Now we need to get on and deliver for the British people - growing our economy to tackle the cost of living, funding the NHS to clear covid backlogs and cutting crime to make our streets safer
- I feel this may be the greatest single clip of TV ever made. Reduces me to tears every time I watch to the end.Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. In 1938, Sir Nicholas Winton brought Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia to safety in the UK. Fifty years later, That’s Life reunited him with some of those children.
- You have to hand it to these two: While Trump gets the letter , Zelensky gets the King , ‘ at home ‘ in his own sitting room just 24 hours later. Call it a power move. Call it true friendship. It rocks 🇺🇦 🇬🇧.I am grateful to His Majesty King Charles III for the audience. 🇺🇦🇬🇧
- I’m not sure when they suggested to Gary Lineker he step back from #MOTD the bbc realised it might be starting a much much bigger battle. @IanWright0 refusing to present on Saturday. In the name of solidarity
- It’s riveting to watch a man so convinced of the entitlement of his position that he cannot imagine the country surviving without him. Why would anyone put themselves through something so shaming?
- The damaging thing about this whole issue for gov is that Cummings instantly loses any right to tell others they are out of touch / elite / missing the public mood. That’s properly over now. He has become the thing he loathed.
- I’m really embarrassed to say I never saw this coming. When it was blinding obvious this would be the logical next step. Wow.NEW: Boris Johnson has watered down the ministerial code - allowing ministers to break the rules without resigning - and blocked a bid to give his ethics advisor the power to investigate him… mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
- Bluntly ,the immigration numbers have grown bigger since Brexit not smaller. The reason is not “ marauding criminal gangs “ ( more than 80% whose cases are heard are ultimately granted asylum) but a break down in relations with France and others ..
