TottsBaroness Warsi speaking about the Iran war on #Peston
"For many years, Netanyahu has wanted somebody in the White House who was stupid enough to go for it, and now he has found that person in the White House who is stupid enough"
Clive Lewis on #Peston "we are spending the same amount of money on HS2 as NASA are spending putting man on the moon and that is because we have out-sourced it to numerous private companies who have rinsed the British public"
Drop the mic
Andy Haldane, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, suggesst on #Peston that to raise money for defence spending (£18 billion) the government should drop the triple lock
"It's hard to justify that going up and up when other benefits don't," he says
Since when has pension been a "benefit" ?
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Later on in the programme, he says the increased government debt is due to extra public spending - completely ignoring comments that Lewis made earlier
Baroness Warsi on #Peston
Speaks of the 'Race Disparity Audit' "The statistics show that if you are a black man you are more likely to be stopped and searched, you're more likely to be arrested, you're likely to be convicted and you're more likely to receive a higher sentence. As a criminal defence lawyer I saw that in action. I saw how the system treated young black men now if we are going to deny what the facts say and start politicians this, then we are not solving the problem."
Lisa Nandy says to Clive Lewis "You don't know our community (Wigan) and there is a breath-taking arrogance for you to know what communities think in the field when you have never met a single one of them"
Scenes and bad blood on #Peston
Clive Lewis says on this week's #Peston, "That thing about ideas. The conversation about ideas. We have had that shut down for seven years in the Labour Party"
Steven HeywoodI hope someone's running a sweep on which broadcast journalist will be the first to deck Robert Jenricks for blatantly lying in their face. If he can make Robert Peston this angry with his lying it's only going to be a matter of time before somebody snaps.
Robert Peston wasn’t letting Robert Jenrick’s nonsense lie and it showed up the Reform UK man for exactly what he is
To the studios of ITV’s Peston, where presenter Robert Peston was entertaining Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick. And it’s fair to say their exchange got heated – very heated – after thoughts turned to how Farage’s party had characterised opposition leader Kemi Badenoch’s response to the shocking killing of Henry Nowak. Hard to believe we know, […]
Lengthy discussion about banning smartphones for children on tonight's #Peston
One of the more interesting comments was from the Australian children, a proportion of whom said they felt more cut off from society
Jacob Rees-Mogg is on #Peston and is talking about the virtues of #Fracking
AGAIN
Financial Backing: Throughout his political career, Rees-Mogg received significant donations (around £22,000) from billionaire hedge fund manager Robin Crispin Odey. Odey's funds have historically held massive investments in oil, gas, and fossil fuel assets.
Business Ties: Rees-Mogg was a co-founder of Somerset Capital Management, an investment firm that managed hundreds of millions of dollars in global fossil fuel investments, including coal and oil companies.
Political Actions: During his time as Energy Secretary under Liz Truss in 2022, Rees-Mogg heavily championed the industry. He successfully, though briefly, lifted the UK's ban on fracking and actively explored ways to bypass environmental and public scrutiny to speed up shale gas extraction