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"There is a real, deep sickness for my generation..."
Oli Dugmore, the New Statesman's Digital Editor, on the burden of student loan debt.
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Oli Dugmore, the New Statesman's Digital Editor, on the burden of student loan debt.
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January 29, 2026 at 1:40 PM
"There is a real, deep sickness for my generation..."
Oli Dugmore, the New Statesman's Digital Editor, on the burden of student loan debt.
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Oli Dugmore, the New Statesman's Digital Editor, on the burden of student loan debt.
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“I borrowed in total £55,000…”
“How much do you owe now?"
“£72,000”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Dr Arthur Joustra, a trainee paediatrician, about how his student loan debt has risen since he graduated in 2022 - despite making payments.
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“How much do you owe now?"
“£72,000”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Dr Arthur Joustra, a trainee paediatrician, about how his student loan debt has risen since he graduated in 2022 - despite making payments.
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January 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
“I borrowed in total £55,000…”
“How much do you owe now?"
“£72,000”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Dr Arthur Joustra, a trainee paediatrician, about how his student loan debt has risen since he graduated in 2022 - despite making payments.
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“How much do you owe now?"
“£72,000”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Dr Arthur Joustra, a trainee paediatrician, about how his student loan debt has risen since he graduated in 2022 - despite making payments.
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“I do not think this is a moral thing for you to do...”
Martin Lewis shares his message to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her decision to freeze the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their student loans.
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Martin Lewis shares his message to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her decision to freeze the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their student loans.
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January 29, 2026 at 1:08 PM
“I do not think this is a moral thing for you to do...”
Martin Lewis shares his message to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her decision to freeze the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their student loans.
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Martin Lewis shares his message to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her decision to freeze the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their student loans.
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"Iranians aren't just fighting for themselves - they are protecting the entire world."
Exiled Iranian activist Masih Alinejad calls on President Trump to take "calculated military action" against the government in Iran.
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Exiled Iranian activist Masih Alinejad calls on President Trump to take "calculated military action" against the government in Iran.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:06 PM
"Iranians aren't just fighting for themselves - they are protecting the entire world."
Exiled Iranian activist Masih Alinejad calls on President Trump to take "calculated military action" against the government in Iran.
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Exiled Iranian activist Masih Alinejad calls on President Trump to take "calculated military action" against the government in Iran.
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“Without any warning they made a line and straight to the face of people started shooting [plastic pellets].”
Parnia, an Iranian now living in the UK, describes how forces responded to anti-government protests she was part of in Isfahan, Iran, earlier this year.
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Parnia, an Iranian now living in the UK, describes how forces responded to anti-government protests she was part of in Isfahan, Iran, earlier this year.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:05 PM
“Without any warning they made a line and straight to the face of people started shooting [plastic pellets].”
Parnia, an Iranian now living in the UK, describes how forces responded to anti-government protests she was part of in Isfahan, Iran, earlier this year.
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Parnia, an Iranian now living in the UK, describes how forces responded to anti-government protests she was part of in Isfahan, Iran, earlier this year.
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"It's an appalling thing for the party to have said - it's a terrible mistake"
Former Tory minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg says a retracted Conservative Party statement linking Suella Braverman's mental health to her defection to Reform UK was "inexcusable".
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Former Tory minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg says a retracted Conservative Party statement linking Suella Braverman's mental health to her defection to Reform UK was "inexcusable".
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January 27, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"It's an appalling thing for the party to have said - it's a terrible mistake"
Former Tory minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg says a retracted Conservative Party statement linking Suella Braverman's mental health to her defection to Reform UK was "inexcusable".
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Former Tory minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg says a retracted Conservative Party statement linking Suella Braverman's mental health to her defection to Reform UK was "inexcusable".
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"It is slightly baffling that he went ahead with the application..."
Baroness Harman, former Labour Party deputy leader, on Andy Burnham's "divisive move... which has certainly undermined the government."
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Baroness Harman, former Labour Party deputy leader, on Andy Burnham's "divisive move... which has certainly undermined the government."
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January 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
"It is slightly baffling that he went ahead with the application..."
Baroness Harman, former Labour Party deputy leader, on Andy Burnham's "divisive move... which has certainly undermined the government."
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Baroness Harman, former Labour Party deputy leader, on Andy Burnham's "divisive move... which has certainly undermined the government."
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"He was not holding a gun unless they can prove otherwise."
The lawyer of Renée Good's family, Antonio Romanucci, reacts to the claims of self-defence by the ICE agents that killed Alex Pretti.
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The lawyer of Renée Good's family, Antonio Romanucci, reacts to the claims of self-defence by the ICE agents that killed Alex Pretti.
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January 27, 2026 at 3:02 PM
"He was not holding a gun unless they can prove otherwise."
The lawyer of Renée Good's family, Antonio Romanucci, reacts to the claims of self-defence by the ICE agents that killed Alex Pretti.
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The lawyer of Renée Good's family, Antonio Romanucci, reacts to the claims of self-defence by the ICE agents that killed Alex Pretti.
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“That’s false... that’s not how history went.”
Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel says “we should speak out for the truth” in response to claims from President Trump that European soldiers stayed “a little off the frontlines” in Afghanistan.
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Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel says “we should speak out for the truth” in response to claims from President Trump that European soldiers stayed “a little off the frontlines” in Afghanistan.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
“That’s false... that’s not how history went.”
Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel says “we should speak out for the truth” in response to claims from President Trump that European soldiers stayed “a little off the frontlines” in Afghanistan.
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Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel says “we should speak out for the truth” in response to claims from President Trump that European soldiers stayed “a little off the frontlines” in Afghanistan.
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"There's so many European leaders who have been contorting themselves... to excuse the inexcusable."
Anthony Gardner, former US Ambassador to the EU, tells #Newsnight that Europe has been “sanewashing” the actions of President Trump.
Anthony Gardner, former US Ambassador to the EU, tells #Newsnight that Europe has been “sanewashing” the actions of President Trump.
January 23, 2026 at 1:10 PM
"There's so many European leaders who have been contorting themselves... to excuse the inexcusable."
Anthony Gardner, former US Ambassador to the EU, tells #Newsnight that Europe has been “sanewashing” the actions of President Trump.
Anthony Gardner, former US Ambassador to the EU, tells #Newsnight that Europe has been “sanewashing” the actions of President Trump.
Jeremy Hunt & Lord Ricketts on the "old idea of an international order" being "over"
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"He's thinking about the dollars in everything that happens" | Jeremy Hunt on Trump foreign policy
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January 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Jeremy Hunt & Lord Ricketts on the "old idea of an international order" being "over"
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Greenland Minister & Republican Congressman clash over Trump's plans to own the territory
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Greenland Minister & Republican Congressman clash over Trump's plans to own the territory
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January 21, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Greenland Minister & Republican Congressman clash over Trump's plans to own the territory
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"Extremely dangerous" | 'Godfather of AI' on AI's potential to "wipe us out"
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"Extremely dangerous" | 'Godfather of AI' on AI's potential to "wipe us out"
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January 20, 2026 at 4:05 PM
"Extremely dangerous" | 'Godfather of AI' on AI's potential to "wipe us out"
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"That's what's really, really worried them..."
Nick Watt reveals how Donald Trump’s weekend intervention on Greenland has raised alarm bells within the UK government.
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Nick Watt reveals how Donald Trump’s weekend intervention on Greenland has raised alarm bells within the UK government.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:53 PM
"That's what's really, really worried them..."
Nick Watt reveals how Donald Trump’s weekend intervention on Greenland has raised alarm bells within the UK government.
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Nick Watt reveals how Donald Trump’s weekend intervention on Greenland has raised alarm bells within the UK government.
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“This man is a fraud...”
“…I will welcome Robert Jenrick into this room and into Reform UK”
Robert Jenrick’s journey from being sacked by Kemi Badenoch to joining Nigel Farage and Reform
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“…I will welcome Robert Jenrick into this room and into Reform UK”
Robert Jenrick’s journey from being sacked by Kemi Badenoch to joining Nigel Farage and Reform
A #Newsnight montage to open the programme
January 16, 2026 at 12:08 PM
“This man is a fraud...”
“…I will welcome Robert Jenrick into this room and into Reform UK”
Robert Jenrick’s journey from being sacked by Kemi Badenoch to joining Nigel Farage and Reform
A #Newsnight montage to open the programme
“…I will welcome Robert Jenrick into this room and into Reform UK”
Robert Jenrick’s journey from being sacked by Kemi Badenoch to joining Nigel Farage and Reform
A #Newsnight montage to open the programme
Surviving "Interrogation Centre 209" & "notorious Hall 12" at Iran's Evin prison
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Surviving Iran’s “notorious” Evin prison
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January 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Surviving "Interrogation Centre 209" & "notorious Hall 12" at Iran's Evin prison
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Ex-MI6 boss & Omid Djalili debate Iran, Trump and US intervention
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"It's... the end of the Islamic Republic" | Ex-MI6 boss & Omid Djalili on Iran's future & Trump
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January 14, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Ex-MI6 boss & Omid Djalili debate Iran, Trump and US intervention
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“In an increasingly dangerous, volatile world we can’t trust anybody.”
The FT’s Gillian Tett says the UK is "caught between a rock and a hard place" in terms of managing its diplomatic relations between the US and China.
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The FT’s Gillian Tett says the UK is "caught between a rock and a hard place" in terms of managing its diplomatic relations between the US and China.
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January 14, 2026 at 11:42 AM
“In an increasingly dangerous, volatile world we can’t trust anybody.”
The FT’s Gillian Tett says the UK is "caught between a rock and a hard place" in terms of managing its diplomatic relations between the US and China.
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The FT’s Gillian Tett says the UK is "caught between a rock and a hard place" in terms of managing its diplomatic relations between the US and China.
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“I spoke to a member of the Cabinet and they were saying to me they think in Downing Street they got on the wrong side of the counter cultural vibe.”
Nick Watt reports on the Government dropping mandatory digital ID cards.
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Nick Watt reports on the Government dropping mandatory digital ID cards.
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January 14, 2026 at 11:40 AM
“I spoke to a member of the Cabinet and they were saying to me they think in Downing Street they got on the wrong side of the counter cultural vibe.”
Nick Watt reports on the Government dropping mandatory digital ID cards.
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Nick Watt reports on the Government dropping mandatory digital ID cards.
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"He found the defence of this billionaire persuasive because he got treats..."
Columnist Matthew Syed says we should "look at the pattern" of Peter Mandelson's behaviour, after initially not apologising to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims for staying friends with him.
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Columnist Matthew Syed says we should "look at the pattern" of Peter Mandelson's behaviour, after initially not apologising to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims for staying friends with him.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:51 PM
"He found the defence of this billionaire persuasive because he got treats..."
Columnist Matthew Syed says we should "look at the pattern" of Peter Mandelson's behaviour, after initially not apologising to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims for staying friends with him.
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Columnist Matthew Syed says we should "look at the pattern" of Peter Mandelson's behaviour, after initially not apologising to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims for staying friends with him.
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"I suspect that almost every women who listened to it said 'Where is your compassion and empathy for the women?'"
Baroness Kennedy responds to Lord Mandelson's latest apology last night, following criticism that he hadn't gone far enough in Sunday's BBC interview.
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Baroness Kennedy responds to Lord Mandelson's latest apology last night, following criticism that he hadn't gone far enough in Sunday's BBC interview.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:48 PM
"I suspect that almost every women who listened to it said 'Where is your compassion and empathy for the women?'"
Baroness Kennedy responds to Lord Mandelson's latest apology last night, following criticism that he hadn't gone far enough in Sunday's BBC interview.
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Baroness Kennedy responds to Lord Mandelson's latest apology last night, following criticism that he hadn't gone far enough in Sunday's BBC interview.
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“I think it is fundamentally the end of the Islamic Republic”
Ex MI6 Chief, Sir Alex Younger, tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social that even if the Iranian government suppresses opposition this time, “it’s the end longer term for the Islamic Republic”
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Ex MI6 Chief, Sir Alex Younger, tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social that even if the Iranian government suppresses opposition this time, “it’s the end longer term for the Islamic Republic”
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January 13, 2026 at 12:43 PM
“I think it is fundamentally the end of the Islamic Republic”
Ex MI6 Chief, Sir Alex Younger, tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social that even if the Iranian government suppresses opposition this time, “it’s the end longer term for the Islamic Republic”
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Ex MI6 Chief, Sir Alex Younger, tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social that even if the Iranian government suppresses opposition this time, “it’s the end longer term for the Islamic Republic”
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"Shut the embassies, freeze the assets and put the IRGC on the terrorist list. If you do that, the regime is isolated."
Omid Djallili, actor and comedian, on what the Iranian protesters want.
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Omid Djallili, actor and comedian, on what the Iranian protesters want.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
"Shut the embassies, freeze the assets and put the IRGC on the terrorist list. If you do that, the regime is isolated."
Omid Djallili, actor and comedian, on what the Iranian protesters want.
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Omid Djallili, actor and comedian, on what the Iranian protesters want.
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"Lord Mandelson has offered a personal apology"
After facing criticism for refusing to personally apologise to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, Labour peer Lord Mandelson has now told Newsnight's Nick Watt he is "sorry" to "the women and girls who suffered".
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After facing criticism for refusing to personally apologise to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, Labour peer Lord Mandelson has now told Newsnight's Nick Watt he is "sorry" to "the women and girls who suffered".
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January 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM
"Lord Mandelson has offered a personal apology"
After facing criticism for refusing to personally apologise to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, Labour peer Lord Mandelson has now told Newsnight's Nick Watt he is "sorry" to "the women and girls who suffered".
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After facing criticism for refusing to personally apologise to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, Labour peer Lord Mandelson has now told Newsnight's Nick Watt he is "sorry" to "the women and girls who suffered".
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"Well, we don't see any ICE officer injured... we need justice, we need facts, we need the truth and Minnesota deserves an apology."
Betty McCollum, Democrat Congresswoman from Minnesota, describes today's fatal shooting of a civilian by an ICE agent.
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Betty McCollum, Democrat Congresswoman from Minnesota, describes today's fatal shooting of a civilian by an ICE agent.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:06 PM
"Well, we don't see any ICE officer injured... we need justice, we need facts, we need the truth and Minnesota deserves an apology."
Betty McCollum, Democrat Congresswoman from Minnesota, describes today's fatal shooting of a civilian by an ICE agent.
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Betty McCollum, Democrat Congresswoman from Minnesota, describes today's fatal shooting of a civilian by an ICE agent.
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