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@maitlis
#TheNewsAgents host. Newsnight, BBC2 Interviews with Prince Andrew, Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, Keir Starmer James Comey , Bill Clinton. Appalling typing.
Mehdi Hasan Breaks Down His JAW-DROPPING MAGA Debate youtu.be/CV8M_756Izc?fe… via @YouTube
To understand British public opinion - fairness, decency and respect for the rules are the trio to start with. Most have no time for sneering, rudeness. So this is a good eg of the online right mistakenly assuming they’re channeling public opinion, but couldn’t be further from it
'What do you think are British values?' @StevenEdginton finds out from South London locals what it means to be British.
Exc: I understand a shadow cabinet minister will be stepping down early next week for personal reasons, meaning Kemi Badenoch will conduct a mini-reshuffle. At least one other shadow cabinet minister has also let it be known they would like to go to the backbenches. This means…
Absolutely fascinating insights on my walk today from @jonsopel @TheNewsAgents 🎧🚶♀️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…
ICYMI - @TinaBrownLM on breaking the Epstein story back in 2008… @The_DailyBeast -and how she found him sitting in her own office - threatening her - after she did so.
"Ghislaine Maxwell wants to go home. Does she really care how she gets there? Probably not." Trump wants the Epstein rumours to go away. Could a deal with a convicted sex-trafficker make it happen? @maitlis | @jonsopel articles.globalplayer.com/7giLXi5aLXhKBa…
Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files on.wsj.com/4mcTIKV
Trump in 2018: “Let me be totally clear in saying that I accept our intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election took place.” Now MAGA flat-out denies it.
"Burger King over McDonald's?! That's your worst take." As Netanyahu chats fast food on a podcast, the UN reports Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 Gazans at aid sites. @maitlis | @jonsopel
ICYMI - Trumps Epstein gamble. On tomorrow’s @thenewsagents we will be asking Why Ghislaine Maxwell is meeting the Dep attorney General. Might she be freed in return for silence ?
Ashley Tabor-King will receive this year’s Music Industry Trusts Award @ashleytaborking @global radiotoday.co.uk/2025/07/ashley…
"Murdoch has put his big boy trousers on and said to Trump: 'You want to fight? Fine!'" Trump is suing the Wall Street Journal for $20 billion over Epstein claims - does he think this will kill the story? @maitlis | @jonsopel
"People are saying to 𝙮𝙤𝙪 it's unacceptable money - you can't say it back to them, you've got to act on it!" Environment Sec. @SteveReedMP agrees water bosses’ pay is outrageous, but what will 𝘩𝘦 do about it? @maitlis | @jonsopel
This should really be a first chapter of a @RobBurl book. Beautifully written. And bloody honest. Well worth two mins of your time.
Here is my considered position on having Parkinson’s and accepting that four years in, people are now able to spot it.
In the years leading up to the 2029 General Election, Britain will witness the covert deployment of the most technologically advanced political campaigns in history, designed to shape the worldview of a generation, before they can even vote. Read here: open.substack.com/pub/sadrabbit/…
"Lisa Nandy called for firings at the BBC over a broadcast, yet 100,000 lives were put at risk and 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚'𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙟𝙤𝙗?" Defence Sec @JohnHealey_MP says “accountability starts today” over the MOD leak, but won’t confirm any repercussions. @lewis_goodall
MOD took The News Agents podcast to secret court over data leak. ✍️ @PodcastinToday podcastingtoday.co.uk/mod-took-the-n…
"My colleagues knew people on the leaked list who were killed, so to hear you couldn’t act for weeks because a room wasn’t available was pathetic." @lewis_goodall on the frustrating court system during his battle over the gov’t super injunction. @maitlis | @jonsopel