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"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

"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

“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

“Looking at the sky, Andy Burnham, is it a new dawn breaking?” “Nice try Nick…” Nicholas Watt asks Andy Burnham MP whether it is “over for Keir Starmer” after his Makerfield by-election win. #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

“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

“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

"My warning to Burnham is that it's not about just saying borrow more to invest in large infrastructure." Economist Mariana Mazzucato says the focus of borrowing needs to be on solving the biggest problems. #Newsnight

When do you want to see a new Prime Minister by, Matt Chorley asks two Labour MPs. Zubir Ahmed: "In a matter of weeks ... we owe that to the public." Peter Swallow: "A swift transition is what we need." #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

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"You're a cheeky sod... I was extremely emotional" #Newsnight political editor Nick Watt, talks to former Labour leader Lord Kinnock, after the new party leader, Andy Burnham, says "the legend that is Neil Kinnock" was the reason he joined in 1985.

"She hasn't got the experience in the Treasury and that's a department where you really do need to understand." Labour MP Rachael Maskell tells Victoria Derbyshire that Shabana Mahmood doesn't have the right experience to be Chancellor. #Newsnight

"It takes a lot to bring tears to my eyes. It certainly did." #Newsnight political editor, Nick Watt, talks to Lord Blunkett, after the new party leader, Andy Burnham, says that the former Home Secretary "has been the truest mentor to me" in his speech today.

"Were Count Binface to be elected as Count Binface your mandate is as Count Binface. Now under current parliamentary rules you wouldn't be able to appear in the Chamber like this." Nicholas Watt on the challenges facing Count Binface if he's elected in Clacton. #Newsnight

"Why aren't you persuaded by the fact that they've been reversed in some jurisdictions?" Economist and campaigner Gary Stevenson, host of Gary's Economics on Youtube, is challenged on whether wealth taxes work in practice. #Newsnight

"I wish him well in his retirement as Prime Minister" Former Chancellor and British Museum Chair George Osborne tells Katie Razzall that “the Keir Starmer government did a lot” to help bring the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum #Newsnight

"I've been trying my best to speak to people who are close to him" Gary Stevenson, economist, campaigner and host of Gary's Economics on YouTube, says "I've not met Andy Burnham, no, but I'd love to" when asked if it's true he is advising him. #Newsnight

"You're spending something like £65 billion on defence and £360 billion on welfare. Lucky you, you must not feel any danger..." Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski on Britain's defence spending. #Newsnight

"How sick-making was that. The very people that got rid of him had the cheek to stand up and clap him." Iain Dale on MPs reaction to Keir Starmer's farewell message in PMQs. #Newsnight

"If things aren't going very well, you don't just sack the manager" Historian Mary Beard says "government is not like a football team" and that she's "fed up" with the UK changing Prime Ministers #Newsnight

"The factions... have been almost medieval in their commitment to personalities... self-destructive and self-indulgent." Former Labour leader, Lord Kinnock, tells #Newsnight political editor, Nick Watt, that he expects "a very rapid reduction" in factionalism with Andy Burnham.

"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

"I'm not going to go through... an exam on the fiscal rules." Andy Burnham, Labour candidate in the Makerfield by-election, refuses two times to tell Victoria Derbyshire what the fiscal rules are, but confirms he'd stick to them if he became prime minister. #Newsnight

“What you’re seeing is a race based pogrom, we are seeing men going door to door asking to 'get the foreigners out' based exclusively on the colour of their skin.” SDLP leader Claire Hannah criticises the unrest taking place in Belfast. #Newsnight

"I don't need a pact with anybody. I'm quite happy, thank you." Count Binface, the 'intergalactic space warrior' taking on Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election, rules out a deal with the Monster Raving Loony Party, who also plan to stand. #Newsnight

Exclusive: #Newsnight's been given access to a police investigation into child sexual exploitation. Officers arrested grooming gang suspects accused of raping teenage girls in Oxford two decades ago. Victoria Derbyshire joined a Thames Valley Police raid last week.

"We didn't publish a young girl's address." "Yes, you did." Times columnist Fraser Nelson and Reform UK's Laila Cunningham debate Nigel Farage's claims his daughter has been harassed by parts of the media investigating his finances. #Newsnight

"You could feel... people switching off. Not because the enemy had let them down but because their cousin had." Lord Kinnock, former Labour leader, argues that the turning point for his party in Wales came from people feeling let down over the Winter Fuel Allowance. #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

“You’ve done big gambles in the past, isn’t this just a stunt?” “Oh, it’s a big gamble” Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage responds to Nicholas Watt after announcing he’ll resign as MP for Clacton, triggering a by-election which he says he will stand in. #Newsnight