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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

"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

“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

“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

"It would be very easy to apologise but I believe it would be false" Zack Polanski says "I don't think I've done anything wrong here" when asked if he'd like to apologise to Nigel Farage for re-sharing a guillotine T-shirt post on Instagram. #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

“He is a predator… he doesn’t see allies, he doesn’t see partners, he only sees suckers to be used.” David Frum, former George W Bush speech writer, says Donald Trump sees the world as the “dominating and dominated” #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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"If you want to lift up the poor, you have to create wealth." "How's that going?" Podcaster and former Mumford &amp; Sons member Winston Marshall discusses taxes with economist and Green Party supporter Faiza Shaheen. #Newsnight

"(Burnham) says he doesn't want to be divisive and yet he brings up the most divisive issue of the last 10 years" Ex-Mumford &amp; Sons member turned podcaster Winston Marshall says Andy Burnham's stance on Brexit won't be popular with "Red Wall" voters. #Newsnight

"There's a toxic narrative around displacement which has been politicised" Cate Blanchett, a co-founder of the ‘Displacement Film Fund’, speaks to #Newsnight about attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.

"I think let's just see what happens in the coming days and weeks" Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas on whether Zack Polanski should stand down as leader of the party in England and Wales. #Newsnight

"It's a direct lie... Either Prime Minister Burnham is lying, or the intelligence service of Great Britain." Former Putin spokesperson Sergei Markov says that the PM's claim that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum is "absolutely a clear lie." #Newsnight

Older people are now reading "a lot of chatbot rubbish" and that's "dangerous." After four decades at Private Eye, Ian Hislop tells #Newsnight it's not just young people falling for disinformation and why it "is always worth correcting."

“You, society, are polarised; you are making it very easy for our adversaries.” Jonathan Hall KC, the government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, says the MI5 Chief’s speech today was directed at a society “besotted by social media” #Newsnight

“There were moments I had tears in my eyes. The hair was standing up on the back of my neck.” The New Statesman's Oli Dugmore says the prime minister's speech today was "one of the best political speeches I have heard in my adult life." #Newsnight

“You are obsessed with Gaza, you are obsessed with everyone else but the British people.” Reform UK councillor Jaymey McIvor tells Green Party deputy leader Rachel Millward why he believes the party’s brand has been “very damaged.” #Newsnight

"Ellie we're not going to get over this for a very long time, if ever" Conservative peer Lord Finkelstein tells Green MP Ellie Chowns her party has "betrayed" British Jews after its members adopted a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism. #Newsnight

Cate Blanchett says there is "toxic narrative" about refugees and asylum seekers and wants "to move beyond the stereotype that we're being spoon-fed" The actress speaks to #Newsnight about her work as co-founder of the 'Displacement Film Fund'

“I haven’t had time to watch the whole documentary” “What?” Matt Chorley quizzes Reform UK’s Laila Cunningham on what the party’s official response is to allegations broadcast by Channel 4 News that the party plotted to break electoral law #Newsnight

"Thank you and I guess all I can do is this..." Rory Stewart gives his first response to his viral Newsnight moment. #Newsnight

"I was trained to be a biomedical scientist in the lab... where I am now is the complete opposite." Graduate Oluchi spent 18 months struggling to find work in her field. She has now accepted a job in retail. #Newsnight

“The credit card is maxed out… my fear come 28 October is that they look to the endless piggy bank of business.” Lord Walker, executive chairman of Iceland, looks ahead to the Autumn Budget. #Newsnight

“Why don’t you stand?” "I love being deputy." Broadcaster Richard Bacon asks Green Party deputy co-leader Rachel Millward whether she should run for the party’s leadership. #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

"If you want to lift up the poor, you have to create wealth." "How's that going?" Podcaster and former Mumford & Sons member Winston Marshall discusses taxes with economist and Green Party supporter Faiza Shaheen. #Newsnight

"(Burnham) says he doesn't want to be divisive and yet he brings up the most divisive issue of the last 10 years" Ex-Mumford & Sons member turned podcaster Winston Marshall says Andy Burnham's stance on Brexit won't be popular with "Red Wall" voters. #Newsnight