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“He was one of those rare people who never said anything that wasn’t worth hearing” @peston.bsky.social pays tribute to Sir Alex Younger, the former head of MI6, a ‘great friend to the show and to so many people’ #Peston

Join us 🅻🅸🆅🅴 at 9:15PM on YouTube or 10:45PM on ITV1 to discuss whether Blair is right that Labour lacks a coherent plan to fix Britain and if social media should be banned for U16s, plus much much more 📺

Join us 🅻🅸🆅🅴 at 9PM on YouTube or 10:45PM on ITV1 to discuss whether Andy Burnham will become the next Prime Minister and much much more 📺 #Peston

Keir Starmer says claims that government has eased sanctions on Russia is “misrepresenting” facts 🇷🇺 Kemi Badenoch accused him of “now choosing to buy dirty Russian oil” at #PMQs 🛢️ What did you make of it? #ThreeWordReviews please!👇 #Peston

Join us 🅻🅸🆅🅴 at 1045PM on YouTube or ITV1 for the latest on the possible Labour leadership challenge 📺 #Peston

We are ‘getting on with the job’ 🫡 So join Robert and Pippa in a ‘swift’ and ‘orderly’ fashion for the latest on a tumultuous week in British politics The only ‘timetable’ you need to worry about for now 👇 🔴 9PM on YouTube 📺 1045PM on ITV1 #Peston

Should there be a Cabinet reshuffle? 🗄️ Kemi Badenoch asked Keir Starmer about the future of the Chancellor at #PMQs 🔮 What do you think? #ThreeWordReviews please! 👇 #Peston

Kemi Badenoch has again called for Keir Starmer to resign at #PMQs 👋 What did you make of it? #ThreeWordReviews please 👇 #Peston

New studio. New look. Same Peston💥 Launching Wednesday 22nd April ⬇️ 🔴 Be sure to subscribe on YouTube to watch it first, LIVE at 9PM 👉🔔 #Peston

On April Fool’s Day it is sometimes hard to keep tabs on what is real and what is fake news 🤔 But is that also every day with Trump in the White House? 🇺🇸 See if you can do better than @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social and James Cleverly at picking the real and fake headlines 👇 #Peston

So, Robert has good news and bad news for you about what Trump’s Iran War means for your living standards 📈📉 Catch up on ITVX or YouTube 🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston #Peston

Eventful #PMQs today: 🔵 Kemi Badenoch attacked the PM on North Sea oil and gas 🔶 Edward Davey backed the government over the opposition ➡️ And Reform walked out after Nigel Farage’s question! What did you make of it all? #ThreeWordReviews please 👇 #Peston

Does Keir Starmer realise that the Iran war has changed almost everything about his premiership? Catch up on ITVX or YouTube 🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston #Peston

How much poorer is Trump’s war making us? + Is the government back on the road to EU membership? Join us tonight ⬇️ 🔴9PM on X & YouTube 📺1045PM on ITV1 #Peston

“It’s not opposition questions!” 🗣️ The Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle was not impressed with #PMQs again this week But what did you make of it? As ever give us your #ThreeWordReviews in the comments below 👇 #Peston

Who delivered chicken soup?🍲 Who was smartest in class?🧠 @rbreich.bsky.social shared what some of the biggest names in US politics were like, before they shaped America as discussed in his new book, ‘Coming Up Short’ 📖 Watch Reich’s FULL INTERVIEW on YouTube 🔗: youtu.be/MW57VSh_Wi8 #Peston

“There are many things he wants to deflect attention from” 💬 @rbreich.bsky.social said President Trump’s decision to go to war in Iran may have been to distract people from the Epstein files and a failing economy 🇺🇲🇮🇷 Watch Reich’s FULL INTERVIEW on YouTube🔗: youtu.be/MW57VSh_Wi8 #Peston

“Donald Trump is looking for an exit ramp”💬 @rbreich.bsky.social said the President is under ‘increasing pressure to put an end to the war’ in Iran, as oil and gas prices rise and the stock market goes down📈 Watch Reich's FULL INTERVIEW on YouTube🔗: youtu.be/MW57VSh_Wi8 #Peston

“We have, in theory, a rule of law in the US but…Trump has put himself and his friends above the law”💬 @rbreich.bsky.social said the lack of ‘accountability’ for those implicated in the Epstein files is because the US Justice Department is no longer ‘independent’⚖️ 📺🔗: youtu.be/MW57VSh_Wi8 #Peston

“Why were they all mesmerised with Mandelson? I never liked him” 💬 Last night, former Labour Cabinet Minister Clare Short said the government was ‘obsessed with spin’ and should have chosen ‘a proper diplomat’ as US Ambassador Catch up on ITVX or YouTube 📺🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston #Peston

‘He ought to do the right thing and donate that to an appropriate charity’💬 Last night, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones said the decision to pay Peter Mandelson a £75,000 severance payment was to remove him from office ‘as quickly as possible’ 📺🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston #Peston

Can Starmer recover now we know what he was told about Mandelson's Epstein links?📃 Catch up on ITVX or YouTube 📺🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston #Peston

Can Starmer recover now we know what he was told about Mandelson's Epstein links?📃 + What is the cost to us of Trump's Iran war?🇺🇲🇮🇷 Tonight Robert and Pippa discuss this and more with: 💼Darren Jones MP 🇺🇲Robert Reich 🔵Sir Jeremy Hunt MP 🌹Clare Short 🔴 9PM LIVE X & YouTube 📺 1045PM ITV1 #Peston

Keir Starmer has accused Kemi Badenoch of “the mother of all u-turns” on her support for the Iran war ↩️ She said if she was Prime Minister HMS Dragon would have set sail to defend us a full week earlier 🛳️ But what do you think? We want your #PMQs Three Word Reviews here 👇 #Peston

Preparations for tonight’s show are “very complete, pretty much” 🗯️ So Robert and Pippa will be back to make sense of another wild week of news “soon, very soon” Join us tonight ⬇️ 🔴9PM LIVE X & YouTube 📺1045PM ITV1 #Peston

On Tuesday, MPs will vote on David Lammy's court reforms They include: 👨‍⚖️ Restrictions on the right to a jury trial 👮‍♂️ Greater sentencing powers for magistrates ⛓️ Limits on appeals Watch @pippacrerar.bsky.social and #Screeny explain with MoJ + @instituteforgovernment.org.uk data 📊 #Peston

“What do you think Israel's and America's endgame is?”💬 “That's for you to ask the Americans” Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy defends the government’s decision to not put soldiers into ‘an offensive situation’ with Iran ‘that did not meet the legal threshold’ 📺🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston

How do you think Trump will manifest his anger with Starmer and Britain for turning down a request to use our airbases to attack Iran? ✍️👇 Catch up on ITVX or YouTube 📺🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston #Peston

Donald Trump has his particular way, his particular rhetoric… But the world goes on” 🇺🇸 Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy says that the ‘special relationship’ is intact despite President Trump’s criticism of the Prime Minister🇬🇧 Watch on ITV1 at 1045PM or catch up on YouTube @ITVPeston 📺 #Peston

Will Trump's war on Iran be as disastrous as the Iraq war? Can the UK avoid being sucked in further? How serious is Trump & Starmer's rift? Robert & Pippa discuss all the latest with: ⚖️David Lammy MP 💷Andy Haldane 🌹John McDonnell MP 🌍Jasmine El-Gamal 🔴 9PM LIVE X & YouTube 📺 1045PM ITV1 #Peston

At #PMQs Kemi Badenoch asked Sir Keir Starmer why he won’t allow the RAF to take offensive action to defend British territory 🇬🇧 The PM insisted the protection of UK nationals is always “number one priority" What did you make of it? #ThreeWordReviews please! 👇 #Peston

President Trump is “very disappointed” with Keir Starmer😬 He lashed out at the Chagos Islands deal calling it “a very woke thing” David Lammy MP told Robert last year it would not go forward if Trump doesn’t like it So with the deal on pause, what happens now? We’ll ask him tomorrow👇 #Peston

🌹 Rachel Reeves MP says she has “the right economic plan” for the country 🔵 Sir Mel Stride MP says her handling of the economy is a “like a fiscal twister ripping up everything in its path” But what did you make of the #SpringStatement? We want your Three Word Reviews 💬👇 #Peston

Will the US-Israeli action in Iran really provoke regime change? 🇮🇷 Earlier this year Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee Dame Emily Thornberry warned Robert that even if the Iranian regime were decapitated, it has deep roots Join us for the latest on Wednesday #Peston

Should British assets be used to support Donald Trump striking in Iran? 🤔 Last year former National Security Advisor Lord Ricketts warned against it, telling Robert history shows we must be “very careful” before getting pulled into a war Is it different this time? #Peston

Will the government have to u-turn on student loans? ↩️ Kemi Badenoch just asked Keir Starmer at #PMQs What did you make of it? #ThreeWordReviews please! 👇 We're back tonight to discuss this and more 🔴 9PM LIVE X & YouTube 📺 1045PM ITV1 #Peston

With President Trump imposing new tariffs is the UK too small to ‘go it alone’ in response? 🇬🇧 On ‘Liberation Day’ in April, Economist Mariana Mazzucato warned that Trump was too unreliable to depend on his preferential treatment Is she right? 🤔 #Peston

Will Starmer stay or could another contender slide into leadership? 🥌 Inspired by the Winter Olympics our guests took a shot at predicting who will lead Labour into the next election 🔮 Will anyone get a gold medal for their predictions? 🥇 Let us know yours ✍️ #Peston

“We don’t know how to keep control of these things when they’re smarter than us”🤖 In April, ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton warned that we needed to do much more to regulate artificial intelligence Watch the FULL INTERVIEW on YouTube 🔗 youtu.be/XznmHde7e7Y #Peston

Reform UK’s new ‘Shadow Chancellor’ Robert Jenrick has signalled support for the pension triple lock 🔒 Back at the Budget, Richard Tice told Robert that “we can’t guarantee” it 🤔 Where do you stand on the future of the triple lock? #Peston

Nigel Farage has announced Robert Jenrick as his Shadow Chancellor with Richard Tice as prospective Deputy PM ➡️ So no need for a low alcohol wine on Budget Day quite yet! 🍷 Was it the right choice? Follow for more exclusive ad break clips 🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston #Peston

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner of Man Utd, has apologised if his language describing the U.K. as ‘colonised by immigrants’ offended people Watch to see what Zack Polanski, Sir David Davis MP and Polly Billington MP made of his comments 👇 #Peston

Has Keir Starmer shored up his position as PM? Here’s Robert’s take on whether Starmer was right not to resign?👇 Catch up on ITVX or YouTube 📺🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston #Peston #ukpolitics

Robert Peston: "How proud are you to be in a Cabinet that gave the second most important job to a man who was an enabler to one of the worst pedophiles in history?" Lisa Nandy: "Absolutely not proud at all." Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy on Peter Mandelson’s appointment. #Peston

At #PMQs, Keir Starmer said Lord Doyle “did not give a full account of his actions” in campaigning on behalf of a man charged with child sex offences Kemi Badenoch accused the PM of “always putting the Downing Street boys club first” What did you make of it? Share your #ThreeWordReviews👇 #Peston

Robert and Pippa have a clear mandate, to deliver a programme that tries to make sense of a chaotic time in politics We must not be distracted from that mission, which continues tonight 👇 🔴 9PM LIVE X & YouTube 📺 1045PM ITV1 #Peston