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http://bbc.co.uk/newsnight 10-02-2009 20:37:57
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'There is no solution to their electoral problem on the Israel-Hamas war issue'
Financial Times Associate Editor Stephen Bush says the Labour party will continue to have a 'blame game' for their take on the Israel-Hamas war. #Newsnight
âItâs always true that when a party is in trouble, its voters are more likely to say donât know to the pollsters and they have less motivation to go to the vote.â
Professor Sir John Curtice says, finishing his marathon sprint coverage on the BBC.
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'We simply have to have bigger and better conversations with Muslim families around the country.'
Shadow Defence Minister Steve McCabe responds to reports today that the Labour vote is down in some areas with larger Muslim populations.
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'Unfortunately when you look at the turnout figures, it rather looks like people have had enough of everyone.'
Conservative minister Steve Baker says his is not the only party for which voters have been short of enthusiasm in the local elections.
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âHe hasnât done anywhere near enough to look like heâs going to win the next general election.â
Ex Conservative Special Advisor Emma Barr says Rishi Sunak would be âfoolishâ to call an early general election.
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'Bluntly I think even Susan Hallâs closest allies will admit that sheâs not offering a great deal to liberal voters.'
Financial Times Associate Editor Stephen Bush gauges the tensions that make up this yearâs London mayoral election.
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âIt is absolutely farcical people are entertaining getting rid of Rishiâ
Ben Houchen tells Nicholas Watt Conservative dissenters should back off and support the PM
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'The thing that has really damaged them is this sense that they're addicted to chaos'
Pollster Luke Tryl tells #Newsnight that if bad local election results for the Conservatives cause a leadership challenge to Rishi Sunak that may play badly with voters
âI donât accept that independence is âfrustratingly closeâ ; I think weâve got to win more hearts and mindsâ
John Swinney MSP, who looks set to become Scotlandâs next First Minister, tells #Newsnight he wants a persuasion exercise on Scottish independence:
'We won't continue with that costly con'
Labour's MP Anneliese Dodds talks about her party's stance on the Rwanda Bill #Newsnight
âA good night for Labour is if they are doing a little bit better than they did last yearâ
Election expert Professor John Curtice tells #Newsnight that Labour needs to prove itâs not just benefitting from a protest vote against the Government:
'That says to ordinary Tory members when a leader of a mayoralty or leader of a country does well & delivers on their promises they've got a very good chance of being rewarded by the voter'
Conservative MP Chris Heaton-Harris talks about the overnight local elections #Newsnight
This has all gone very meta: Radio 4 on Radio 1 on Radio 4. đ€Ż
BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 4 Greg James Caroline Nicholls
âThe numbers going to RwandaâŠI think more journalists than actual migrants have gone there from what Iâm told.â
James Lawless, Chair of Irelandâs Joint Committee on Justice criticised the UK governmentâs newly ratified Rwanda legislation.
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'The police showed up with riot gear, armoured vehicles, military weaponry... choppers flying overhead... all because students decided to put up a tent in a park.'
Bryce Greene, Indiana University Divestment Coalition, on the police reaction to US campus protests.
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âIt could well cost the president his presidencyâ
Aaron David Miller, the United States former advisor for Arab-Israeli negotiations, suggests Bidenâs current position on the Israel-Gaza conflict will cost votes
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âAmong my non-jewish peers, we have not felt a showing of solidarity, support and allyshipâ.
Jacob Schmeltz, Co-Vice President for the Jewish on Campus Student Union and a student at Columbia University on the Gaza protests.
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'Border security is part of that taking back control'
NFU president Tom Bradshaw tells #Newsnight that the new border checks brought in as part of the UK's Brexit agreement were inevitable the moment the country decided to leave the EU