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“ #Ukraine must win this war….no matter what” says #Finland ’s President
@alexstubb
“It is facing a huge aggressor which is violating all rules of war”
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“ #Ukraine must win this war….no matter what” says #Finland ’s President
@alexstubb
“It is facing a huge aggressor which is violating all rules of war”
May 17, 2024 at 7:08 PM
#RussiaIsATerroriststate
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“ #Ukraine must win this war….no matter what” says #Finland ’s President
@alexstubb
“It is facing a huge aggressor which is violating all rules of war”
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BBC HARDtalk
@BBCHARDtalk
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“ #Ukraine must win this war….no matter what” says #Finland ’s President
@alexstubb
“It is facing a huge aggressor which is violating all rules of war”
I’m in Delhi to do a series of @BBCHARDtalk interviews which should give clues to India’s political direction in Modi’s third term. BJP Minister, former Chief Justice and Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir all coming up! And time to visit some of my favourite Delhi places…
February 1, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I’m in Delhi to do a series of @BBCHARDtalk interviews which should give clues to India’s political direction in Modi’s third term. BJP Minister, former Chief Justice and Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir all coming up! And time to visit some of my favourite Delhi places…
Anyone who thinks axing #BBCHARDTalk is v bad idea, please consider emailing #BBC Chairman Samir Shah samir.shah@bbc.co.uk. The prog is valued in 200 countries holding powerful to account yet BBC has closed its #Youtube, #Instagram pages cutting off viewers who cannot access #BBCIPlayer. Thank you!
November 5, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Anyone who thinks axing #BBCHARDTalk is v bad idea, please consider emailing #BBC Chairman Samir Shah samir.shah@bbc.co.uk. The prog is valued in 200 countries holding powerful to account yet BBC has closed its #Youtube, #Instagram pages cutting off viewers who cannot access #BBCIPlayer. Thank you!
#BBCHardtalk (which BBC management has decided to axe despite its being known in 200 countries) “Stephen Sackur’s exclusive interview with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić coming soon”
If the BBC opened its #Youtube page it would be easily accessible worldwide to viewers.
If the BBC opened its #Youtube page it would be easily accessible worldwide to viewers.
November 20, 2024 at 11:36 AM
#BBCHardtalk (which BBC management has decided to axe despite its being known in 200 countries) “Stephen Sackur’s exclusive interview with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić coming soon”
If the BBC opened its #Youtube page it would be easily accessible worldwide to viewers.
If the BBC opened its #Youtube page it would be easily accessible worldwide to viewers.
Don’t know about ever excellent, but thought it was important to speak out against #BBC cuts to #BBCHARDtalk, #BBCWorldService on today’s
BBC Newscast on #BBCIPlayer this morning. Pls take a look and repost if you feel able to. Thanks. Time to speak up, I think. Enough’s enough. Link 👇🏻
BBC Newscast on #BBCIPlayer this morning. Pls take a look and repost if you feel able to. Thanks. Time to speak up, I think. Enough’s enough. Link 👇🏻
Don't miss the ever excellent @lauraphillips.bsky.social on #BBCNewswatch, (from 6.40) speaking up for HardTalk, Newsnight, questioning the strategy behind cutting #BBCArabic and #BBCPersian radio, pulling corr from Taiwan.
Newswatch, 26/10/2024: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0024myn
Newswatch, 26/10/2024: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0024myn
Newswatch - 26/10/2024
What will the impact be for audiences of the latest budget cuts planned for BBC News? And was coverage of Liam Payne’s death excessive and intrusive?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 26, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Don’t know about ever excellent, but thought it was important to speak out against #BBC cuts to #BBCHARDtalk, #BBCWorldService on today’s
BBC Newscast on #BBCIPlayer this morning. Pls take a look and repost if you feel able to. Thanks. Time to speak up, I think. Enough’s enough. Link 👇🏻
BBC Newscast on #BBCIPlayer this morning. Pls take a look and repost if you feel able to. Thanks. Time to speak up, I think. Enough’s enough. Link 👇🏻
An interesting listen - #BBCHardTalk with Tamir Pardo, former Mossad director, currently a fierce critic of Netanyahu:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC News - HARDtalk, Tamir Pardo - Former Mossad Director
Stephen Sackur speaks to Tamir Pardo, former director of Mossad.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2024 at 9:12 PM
An interesting listen - #BBCHardTalk with Tamir Pardo, former Mossad director, currently a fierce critic of Netanyahu:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
“He’s worried that with the focus on live news, journalism is being reduced to “churnalism” at the expense of more studied, groundbreaking work.” Stephen Sackur to @shattenstone.bsky.social on the inexplicable, really dumb+self-defeating axing of #BBCHARDtalk, which is known+valued in 200 countries.
March 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“He’s worried that with the focus on live news, journalism is being reduced to “churnalism” at the expense of more studied, groundbreaking work.” Stephen Sackur to @shattenstone.bsky.social on the inexplicable, really dumb+self-defeating axing of #BBCHARDtalk, which is known+valued in 200 countries.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med.... ‘The outpouring of support for #BBCHARDtalk over the last 48 hours has been extraordinary. Thank you. We are proud of our journalism. And it’s great to know how much it is appreciated worldwide
The #BBC is foolish to #axe HARDtalk - New Statesman’
The #BBC is foolish to #axe HARDtalk - New Statesman’
The BBC is foolish to axe HARDtalk
As the World Service shrinks, Russian and Chinese propaganda might take its place.
www.newstatesman.com
October 17, 2024 at 2:19 PM
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med.... ‘The outpouring of support for #BBCHARDtalk over the last 48 hours has been extraordinary. Thank you. We are proud of our journalism. And it’s great to know how much it is appreciated worldwide
The #BBC is foolish to #axe HARDtalk - New Statesman’
The #BBC is foolish to #axe HARDtalk - New Statesman’
Marks and Spencer is an important British institution, like #BBCNews. Yet M&S allows its own distinct brands eg Autograph+Blue Harbour to flourish. Customers know what they provide. BBC managers are set on killing off its #BBCHARDtalk 'brand', known+valued in 200 countries. Why?
December 2, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Marks and Spencer is an important British institution, like #BBCNews. Yet M&S allows its own distinct brands eg Autograph+Blue Harbour to flourish. Customers know what they provide. BBC managers are set on killing off its #BBCHARDtalk 'brand', known+valued in 200 countries. Why?
This is a crazy decision by #BBC, IMO. Long-form interviews with eg #Russian Foreign Minister, Nancy Pelosi by redoubtable Stephen Sackur, are rare+valuable. People in countries worldwide whose journalists cannot hold their powerful leaders to account, need+value this programme. Save #BBCHARDTalk.
November 5, 2024 at 11:01 AM
This is a crazy decision by #BBC, IMO. Long-form interviews with eg #Russian Foreign Minister, Nancy Pelosi by redoubtable Stephen Sackur, are rare+valuable. People in countries worldwide whose journalists cannot hold their powerful leaders to account, need+value this programme. Save #BBCHARDTalk.
BBC management is closing @BBCHARDtalk after three decades holding power to account around the world. Here are some thoughts ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
‘I feel really, really cross at incredibly dumb decisions’: Stephen Sackur on the end of HARDtalk – and leaving the BBC
For 19 years he has held the powerful to account on a show that attracts huge audiences around the world. Now it is over. He discusses his anger with management, his pride in his team – and what he’ll...
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
BBC management is closing @BBCHARDtalk after three decades holding power to account around the world. Here are some thoughts ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
“It's a fallacy to believe - given the tens of millions of viewers and listeners [ #BBCHARDtalk] has on the #BBC's international news channels - that there is no
longer an audience for serious, long-form journalism prepared to speak truth to power.”
longer an audience for serious, long-form journalism prepared to speak truth to power.”
March 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
“It's a fallacy to believe - given the tens of millions of viewers and listeners [ #BBCHARDtalk] has on the #BBC's international news channels - that there is no
longer an audience for serious, long-form journalism prepared to speak truth to power.”
longer an audience for serious, long-form journalism prepared to speak truth to power.”
BBC’s Stephen Sackur: I’m in #Delhi to do a series of #BBCHARDtalk interviews which should give clues to #India’s political direction in #Modi’s third term. BJP Minister, former Chief Justice and Chief Minister of Jammu+Kashmir all coming up! And time to visit some of my favourite Delhi places…
February 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
BBC’s Stephen Sackur: I’m in #Delhi to do a series of #BBCHARDtalk interviews which should give clues to #India’s political direction in #Modi’s third term. BJP Minister, former Chief Justice and Chief Minister of Jammu+Kashmir all coming up! And time to visit some of my favourite Delhi places…
“[Stephen] Sackur is alarmed at the way news priorities have changed at the #BBC. “Programmes like #BBCHARDtalk , #Panorama and #Newsnight have long had a huge amount of autonomy. Increasingly there is a desire at the top of the BBC to centralise+control..”1/
‘I feel really, really cross at incredibly dumb decisions’: Stephen Sackur on the end of HARDtalk – and leaving the BBC
For 19 years he has held the powerful to account on a show that attracts huge audiences around the world. Now it is over. He discusses his anger with management, his pride in his team – and what he’ll...
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
“[Stephen] Sackur is alarmed at the way news priorities have changed at the #BBC. “Programmes like #BBCHARDtalk , #Panorama and #Newsnight have long had a huge amount of autonomy. Increasingly there is a desire at the top of the BBC to centralise+control..”1/
#BBCHARDTalk Coming soon: Stephen Sackur talks to #ECB boss Christine Lagarde in Frankfurt
Is the #European #economy capable of withstanding #Trump 2.0?
BBC is axing this show, known in 200 countries, this month.
Is the #European #economy capable of withstanding #Trump 2.0?
BBC is axing this show, known in 200 countries, this month.
March 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
#BBCHARDTalk Coming soon: Stephen Sackur talks to #ECB boss Christine Lagarde in Frankfurt
Is the #European #economy capable of withstanding #Trump 2.0?
BBC is axing this show, known in 200 countries, this month.
Is the #European #economy capable of withstanding #Trump 2.0?
BBC is axing this show, known in 200 countries, this month.
25/28 “Don’t make me laugh” – Recep Tayyip #Erdoğan
In 2018,in his first #BBC interview in a decade,Turkey’s president rejected suggestions political dissent was being repressed+his country was sliding towards authoritarianism. “In #Turkey we have the ballot box,” he said. From the axed #BBCHARDTalk
In 2018,in his first #BBC interview in a decade,Turkey’s president rejected suggestions political dissent was being repressed+his country was sliding towards authoritarianism. “In #Turkey we have the ballot box,” he said. From the axed #BBCHARDTalk
video.twimg.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
25/28 “Don’t make me laugh” – Recep Tayyip #Erdoğan
In 2018,in his first #BBC interview in a decade,Turkey’s president rejected suggestions political dissent was being repressed+his country was sliding towards authoritarianism. “In #Turkey we have the ballot box,” he said. From the axed #BBCHARDTalk
In 2018,in his first #BBC interview in a decade,Turkey’s president rejected suggestions political dissent was being repressed+his country was sliding towards authoritarianism. “In #Turkey we have the ballot box,” he said. From the axed #BBCHARDTalk
Coming soon - exclusive #BBCHARDTalk interview by Stephen Sackur with #NobelPeacePrize laureate #TerumiTanaka of the group Nihon Hidankyo
He survived the atomic bombing of #Nagasaki and campaigns with other survivors for #nucleardisarmament
He survived the atomic bombing of #Nagasaki and campaigns with other survivors for #nucleardisarmament
December 10, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Coming soon - exclusive #BBCHARDTalk interview by Stephen Sackur with #NobelPeacePrize laureate #TerumiTanaka of the group Nihon Hidankyo
He survived the atomic bombing of #Nagasaki and campaigns with other survivors for #nucleardisarmament
He survived the atomic bombing of #Nagasaki and campaigns with other survivors for #nucleardisarmament
#BBCHARDTalk. Stephen Sackur: The US administration has “a vision of politics which is much closer to illiberal democracy than liberal democracy” – Dominique de Villepin
The former French prime minister has criticised Donald Trump for not defending ideas of freedom and democracy
The former French prime minister has criticised Donald Trump for not defending ideas of freedom and democracy
BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Dominique de Villepin: Can Europe become a superpower in its own right?
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Prime Minister of France Dominique de Villepin
www.bbc.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
#BBCHARDTalk. Stephen Sackur: The US administration has “a vision of politics which is much closer to illiberal democracy than liberal democracy” – Dominique de Villepin
The former French prime minister has criticised Donald Trump for not defending ideas of freedom and democracy
The former French prime minister has criticised Donald Trump for not defending ideas of freedom and democracy
“I got a gun… and I followed him to a restaurant” “Sorry I didn’t get him.” – #NinaSimone
The late great singer speaking to Tim Sebastian in 1999 about dealing with a record company executive who’d tried to rip her off
#BBCHARDTalk is being axed. Go figure.
Video 👇🏻
The late great singer speaking to Tim Sebastian in 1999 about dealing with a record company executive who’d tried to rip her off
#BBCHARDTalk is being axed. Go figure.
Video 👇🏻
video.twimg.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“I got a gun… and I followed him to a restaurant” “Sorry I didn’t get him.” – #NinaSimone
The late great singer speaking to Tim Sebastian in 1999 about dealing with a record company executive who’d tried to rip her off
#BBCHARDTalk is being axed. Go figure.
Video 👇🏻
The late great singer speaking to Tim Sebastian in 1999 about dealing with a record company executive who’d tried to rip her off
#BBCHARDTalk is being axed. Go figure.
Video 👇🏻
From axed #BBCHARDTalk: 24/28 “You may be hard talking but you’re not listening” – Sergei Lavrov. In 2018, Russia’s foreign minister denied Moscow was involved in the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal+his daughter Yulia in Salisbury. He claimed UK intelligence services may have been behind it.
video.twimg.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
From axed #BBCHARDTalk: 24/28 “You may be hard talking but you’re not listening” – Sergei Lavrov. In 2018, Russia’s foreign minister denied Moscow was involved in the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal+his daughter Yulia in Salisbury. He claimed UK intelligence services may have been behind it.
Watching highlights from #BBCHardtalk. What a loss this programme will be.
March 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Watching highlights from #BBCHardtalk. What a loss this programme will be.
“I will be a mayor who speaks out”, #EkremImamoğlu
A political rival to #Turkey's Pres #Erdogan has been detained in a corruption investigation days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate. In 2019 he said "The most important thing is to defend justice" On the axed #BBCHARDtalk.
A political rival to #Turkey's Pres #Erdogan has been detained in a corruption investigation days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate. In 2019 he said "The most important thing is to defend justice" On the axed #BBCHARDtalk.
video.twimg.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“I will be a mayor who speaks out”, #EkremImamoğlu
A political rival to #Turkey's Pres #Erdogan has been detained in a corruption investigation days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate. In 2019 he said "The most important thing is to defend justice" On the axed #BBCHARDtalk.
A political rival to #Turkey's Pres #Erdogan has been detained in a corruption investigation days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate. In 2019 he said "The most important thing is to defend justice" On the axed #BBCHARDtalk.
Viewers and listeners worldwide deserve no less with Stephen Sackur, Mishal Husain and Sarah Montague's #BBCHARDtalk long-form interviews. If they were promoted, as the new form of #BBCNewsnight now is, on #BBCNews10, they might attract new audiences.
October 28, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Viewers and listeners worldwide deserve no less with Stephen Sackur, Mishal Husain and Sarah Montague's #BBCHARDtalk long-form interviews. If they were promoted, as the new form of #BBCNewsnight now is, on #BBCNews10, they might attract new audiences.
Valued in 200 countries, some where ppl can’t question those in power. Yet #BBC is axing #BBCHARDtalk bc, they say, it was made for TV. If they updated its #YouTube pages+put it on prime time TV it wd thrive, IMO.
Who wd you like to see in the hot seat with Stephen Sackur before it ends in March?
Who wd you like to see in the hot seat with Stephen Sackur before it ends in March?
January 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Valued in 200 countries, some where ppl can’t question those in power. Yet #BBC is axing #BBCHARDtalk bc, they say, it was made for TV. If they updated its #YouTube pages+put it on prime time TV it wd thrive, IMO.
Who wd you like to see in the hot seat with Stephen Sackur before it ends in March?
Who wd you like to see in the hot seat with Stephen Sackur before it ends in March?
@vlvuk estimates govt cuts to #BBC public funds of c40% 2010-2024. Huge retreat from individuality+seriousness of programming+from localism towards bland corporatism, #homogeneity+centralised control, #bbclocalradio, #Newsnight, end of #BBCHARDtalk,+#DatelineLondon. Licence fee payers shortchanged.
October 15, 2024 at 3:28 PM
@vlvuk estimates govt cuts to #BBC public funds of c40% 2010-2024. Huge retreat from individuality+seriousness of programming+from localism towards bland corporatism, #homogeneity+centralised control, #bbclocalradio, #Newsnight, end of #BBCHARDtalk,+#DatelineLondon. Licence fee payers shortchanged.