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"We absorbed 250,000 Ukrainians... Why is it that we can do that for people from one country but not from anywhere else in the world?" Ellie Chowns, Leader of the Greens in Westminster, wants to tackle illegal crossings by providing "safe, legal and managed routes." #Newsnight

"I was raised by a single mum...I'm not in any shape or way supporting what Andrew Tate says about women" Social media influencer 'Mizzy' tells #Newsnight Andrew Tate's 'confidence and stride' is what attracts young men to him

“He should be very, very careful in what he is peddling.” Joint Chair of the Board of Deputies, Dame Louise Ellman, a former Labour MP, says Green leader, Zack Polanski, has shown “gross misjudgement” after he was criticised by the head of the Metropolitan Police. #Newsnight

“It's absolutely obvious to me that people should have a digital identity... Let's stop shouting at the French. A lot of this is on us.” Ex-MI6 boss, Sir Alex Younger, backs calls for digital ID cards and adds that they could help deter small boat crossings. #Newsnight

"Shocking... I find that language completely un-British" Minister for AI and Online Safety Kanishka Narayan responds to Sir Jim Ratcliffe's comments that the UK had been "colonised by immigrants." #Newsnight

“Angela Rayner... is the one real star.” Telegraph columnist, Tim Stanley, says the former Deputy Prime Minister “would change their numbers overnight” if she became Labour leader. #Newsnight

“It's bigger than should just Keir Starmer resign. Clearly he should.” Union leader Jo Grady calls for the British Prime Minister to step down after the latest revelations about the appointment of Lord Mandelson. #Newsnight

“Who’d have believed after Brexit that Britain would be the leading power mediating between the EU, US and Ukraine… something of a miracle.” Lord Glasman, founder of Blue Labour, says it’s a “superb moment for the UK to restore its honour and integrity.” #Newsnight

"Good luck with that." Canada’s Mark Carney responds to Faisal Islam asking whether the UK can avoid US tariffs if it stays quiet. #Newsnight

“The damage Kemi Badenoch has done to the Conservative party...is possibly irrevocable.” Stephen Bush, Associate Editor, Financial Times, says the “blow” the Tory leader has struck to the Tories is “off the charts” in terms of the party’s chances for re-election. #Newsnight

“92-year-old Lord Heseltine is out of touch and deeply offensive to millions of voters.” A Reform UK spokesperson responds to Lord Heseltine who described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. #Newsnight

"If he decided to have a palace coup against the Prime Minister he'd have done it properly..." Phil Collins says suggestions Wes Streeting encouraged Anas Sarwar to call for the PM to resign are "preposterous". The Health Secretary denies the claims. #Newsnight

“Trident is not an independent UK weapon, it is controlled by America.” Mhairi Black, SNP Deputy Leader in the Commons, 2022-24, says her former party won’t change its stance and support the UK’s nuclear deterrent despite growing defence spending in Europe. #Newsnight

"[Universities] are based in reasoned fact and discourse which he finds threatening..." Gillian Tett, Provost of Kings College, Cambridge, explains why she thinks Donald Trump’s administration has halted Harvard University's ability to enroll international students. #Newsnight

"It is extremely worrying and concerning." Labour Party Chair Anna Turley reacts to claims of high family voting in the Gorton and Denton by-election. #Newsnight

“It demonstrates the narcissism of the arguments we had around Brexit… it looks ridiculous with hindsight.” Ex MI6 head, Sir Alex Younger, welcomes increased Franco-British co-operation, including on nuclear weapons. #Newsnight

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"What kind of party are we?" Labour MP Jonathan Hinder asks whether his party is "obsessed with certain middle-class hobby horses" and says that it "is not meeting the moment". #Newsnight

"When Nigel was talking about rage he wasn't talking about rage against anyone... he was talking about rage at a system." Reform UK's Laila Cunningham defends Nigel Farage's "pure cold rage" comments in response to the treatment of Henry Nowak by police. #Newsnight

“We will end up seeing more division” Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says she is disappointed by Nigel Farage "wading in" with his "pure cold rage" comments in response to the treatment of Henry Nowak. #Newsnight

"I would like to see a Stephen Lawrence style inquiry." The Telegraph's Poppy Coburn says there are serious unanswered questions surrounding the murder of Henry Nowak by Vickrum Digwa. #Newsnight

"I didn't just consider it, I threatened to resign on a number of occasions and made demands..." Jess Phillips MP, former Safeguarding Minister, on how she responded to the prime minister's appointment of Lord Mandelson as US Ambassador. #Newsnight

"Those officers have dealt with it wrong-" "The question is why. Why? You are too scared to address the question." After protests in Southampton today, retired police superintendent Leroy Logan and Reform UK's Laila Cunningham clash over the source of public anger. #Newsnight

"Do you think Keir Starmer wrote that 3,000 word essay himself?... Who was running the country?" Iain Dale asks Katie Razzall whether the Prime Minister actually wrote his lengthy online rebuttal to Tony Blair. #Newsnight

Nigel Farage is facing questions over a £5m gift he received from a billionaire backer before he became an MP Victoria Derbyshire runs through the timeline #Newsnight

"People that are working here shouldn't be targeted like that, nobody should be targeted like that." Social media content creator and “proud Englishman” John Fisher, aka Big John, on the flag debate. #Newsnight

“Sources close to the Home Secretary are saying the wording in this document was clumsy...” Nicholas Watt reporting on how there will now be a change in wording of a police anti-racism commitment following the treatment of Henry Nowak. #Newsnight

"It's shocking, it's disturbing... we need to make sure that never happens again." Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones after Vickrum Digwa was jailed for the murder of Henry Nowak. Hampshire Constabulary's handling of the case is being investigated. #Newsnight

"There's nothing wrong with friends saying 'are there any jobs around?'" Labour peer Baroness Hodge responds to reports that Downing Street considered giving a diplomatic role to the prime minister's then-director of communications Matthew Doyle. #Newsnight

"What Labour have to be careful of is the public actually starting to feel sorry for Keir Starmer..." LBC radio host, Iain Dale, tells Victoria Derbyshire callers to his show are on the Prime Minister's side. #Newsnight

"I wouldn't let my children go into a building where there was loads of known paedophiles, and yet every time someone hands their child a phone that's exactly what happens." Ex-Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips on a social media ban for children. #Newsnight

"I'm not voting Green in this election because I still believe in a Labour movement" Mick Lynch, former RMT General Secretary, tells Paddy O'Connell that while he will not vote for the Green Party, "maybe they'll be part of a bigger labour movement in the future." #Newsnight

"Are there other multimillion pound gifts given to Nigel Farage in the 12 months before the election that we don't know about?" @Mattchorley asks Reform UK's Zia Yusuf about Nigel Farage's £5m gift. #Newsnight

“The country is becoming ungovernable...” The Times's Matthew Syed says constant leadership speculation is making it harder for Prime Ministers to make tough choices. #Newsnight

"The Prime Minister is going, no Prime Minister can survive this... It's time to be real, he's going. No doubt about it." Labour MP Jonathan Hinder describes Sir Keir Starmer's speech this morning speech as "tone deaf" and "at its worst, downright insulting". #Newsnight

“The first role of any Government… is to leave something better for the next generation than your generation inherited - this is not done now” Ex-PM Sir John Major says young people are inheriting a “more difficult” and “less favourable world”. #Newsnight

“This is extreme, this is inhumane, and it is a government of cowards.” Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, responds to the government's changes to Britain's asylum system. #Newsnight