Welcome to @benchu.bsky.social - Newsnight's economics editor.
October 30, 2023 at 11:05 AM
Welcome to @benchu.bsky.social - Newsnight's economics editor.
Newsnight's Paddy O'Connell, "Reform declined to appear on Newsnight"
While sitting next to Reform's former press officer Gawain Towler
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While sitting next to Reform's former press officer Gawain Towler
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May 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Newsnight's Paddy O'Connell, "Reform declined to appear on Newsnight"
While sitting next to Reform's former press officer Gawain Towler
🤷♂️
While sitting next to Reform's former press officer Gawain Towler
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#Newsnight’s audience share broke records last night
It’s the highest it’s been since the new format was launched in May 2024
Thank you so much for watching - on YouTube, on social media & on TV 🙏
It’s the highest it’s been since the new format was launched in May 2024
Thank you so much for watching - on YouTube, on social media & on TV 🙏
"What about giving back Ukraine some of its territory?"
"Why should we?"
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Russia's Ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, whether it will return any territory to Ukraine as part of a peace settlement.
#Newsnight
"Why should we?"
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Russia's Ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, whether it will return any territory to Ukraine as part of a peace settlement.
#Newsnight
February 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
#Newsnight’s audience share broke records last night
It’s the highest it’s been since the new format was launched in May 2024
Thank you so much for watching - on YouTube, on social media & on TV 🙏
It’s the highest it’s been since the new format was launched in May 2024
Thank you so much for watching - on YouTube, on social media & on TV 🙏
Part 5 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X for @bsky.app we hear from @jimalkhalili.bsky.social that
"Bluesky is very easy to use.. Some say it's like an echo chamber, you only listen to people you agree with.. Why not, what's wrong with that" - concur 👏
"Bluesky is very easy to use.. Some say it's like an echo chamber, you only listen to people you agree with.. Why not, what's wrong with that" - concur 👏
November 15, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Part 5 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X for @bsky.app we hear from @jimalkhalili.bsky.social that
"Bluesky is very easy to use.. Some say it's like an echo chamber, you only listen to people you agree with.. Why not, what's wrong with that" - concur 👏
"Bluesky is very easy to use.. Some say it's like an echo chamber, you only listen to people you agree with.. Why not, what's wrong with that" - concur 👏
Newsnight's Nick Watt, "President Trump and VP Vance of the US turning on a democratically elected leader who is an ally who was kicked out of the White House"
February 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Newsnight's Nick Watt, "President Trump and VP Vance of the US turning on a democratically elected leader who is an ally who was kicked out of the White House"
💥 In January 2026, Newsnight’s audience was up around 40% vs Jan 2024
💥 Initial figures for Feb also look strong
(from BBC News Audience Research)
💥 Initial figures for Feb also look strong
(from BBC News Audience Research)
February 26, 2026 at 1:03 PM
💥 In January 2026, Newsnight’s audience was up around 40% vs Jan 2024
💥 Initial figures for Feb also look strong
(from BBC News Audience Research)
💥 Initial figures for Feb also look strong
(from BBC News Audience Research)
Oh, what a surprise. Who could have predicted that Newsnight would platform Sebastian Gorka based on Newsnight's interviews from 2016-2020?
1/ Sebastian Gorka, sneering fascist, gun nut & Trump's pick for Director of Counter-Terrorism, calls Kamala Harris "Kamala Half Race" on #Newsnight. I thought at first my ears were deceiving me.
At what point will the BBC stop giving softball interviews to vicious extremists?
At what point will the BBC stop giving softball interviews to vicious extremists?
December 7, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Oh, what a surprise. Who could have predicted that Newsnight would platform Sebastian Gorka based on Newsnight's interviews from 2016-2020?
‘Newsnight’s kindest critic’: Bonnie Greer was always effortlessly in command
‘Newsnight’s kindest critic’: Bonnie Greer was always effortlessly in command
Playwright was an unusual mix of originality and authority and in high demand as a cultural critic
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 10:03 AM
‘Newsnight’s kindest critic’: Bonnie Greer was always effortlessly in command
💥 Newsnight's audience share broke new records last night :)
💥 It's the highest it's been since the
new format was launched May 2024
💥 Thank you so much for watching - on YouTube, on social media & on TV
💥 It's the highest it's been since the
new format was launched May 2024
💥 Thank you so much for watching - on YouTube, on social media & on TV
July 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
💥 Newsnight's audience share broke new records last night :)
💥 It's the highest it's been since the
new format was launched May 2024
💥 Thank you so much for watching - on YouTube, on social media & on TV
💥 It's the highest it's been since the
new format was launched May 2024
💥 Thank you so much for watching - on YouTube, on social media & on TV
Lordy . . . there are tapes.
Vanity Fair’s Chris Whipple on Wiles: ‘Every interview was recorded, everything was on tape’ | CNN Politics
After multiple interviews with Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Vanity Fair Writer Chris Whipple explains his reporting on Trump’s inner circle. Whipple joined NewsNight’s panel and addressed CNN Senior Po...
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Lordy . . . there are tapes.
💥 In January 2026, Newsnight’s audience was up around 40% vs Jan 2024
💥 Initial figures for Feb also look strong
(from BBC News Audience Research)
💥 Initial figures for Feb also look strong
(from BBC News Audience Research)
February 26, 2026 at 12:34 PM
💥 In January 2026, Newsnight’s audience was up around 40% vs Jan 2024
💥 Initial figures for Feb also look strong
(from BBC News Audience Research)
💥 Initial figures for Feb also look strong
(from BBC News Audience Research)
#Newsnight’s nominated for Best News Programme at the Broadcast Awards
It’s for our special dedicated to hearing survivors of grooming and rape gangs in their own words
It’s for our special dedicated to hearing survivors of grooming and rape gangs in their own words
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
#Newsnight’s nominated for Best News Programme at the Broadcast Awards
It’s for our special dedicated to hearing survivors of grooming and rape gangs in their own words
It’s for our special dedicated to hearing survivors of grooming and rape gangs in their own words
Nick Watt, "On his social media posts, Rob Kenyon has distanced himself from them and says he wouldn't put those kinds of posts out now"
Why is Newsnight's Nick Watt whitewashing Robert Kenyon racist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic and sexist posts?
Why is Newsnight's Nick Watt whitewashing Robert Kenyon racist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic and sexist posts?
June 15, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Nick Watt, "On his social media posts, Rob Kenyon has distanced himself from them and says he wouldn't put those kinds of posts out now"
Why is Newsnight's Nick Watt whitewashing Robert Kenyon racist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic and sexist posts?
Why is Newsnight's Nick Watt whitewashing Robert Kenyon racist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic and sexist posts?
Part 4 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X for @bsky.app where @jimalkhalili.bsky.social says,
"Bluesky is really much like the old Twitter"
"Bluesky is really much like the old Twitter"
November 15, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Part 4 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X for @bsky.app where @jimalkhalili.bsky.social says,
"Bluesky is really much like the old Twitter"
"Bluesky is really much like the old Twitter"
Part 3 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X for @bsky.app begins with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social who says
"And I just felt that it wasn't pleasant any more"
"And I just felt that it wasn't pleasant any more"
November 15, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Part 3 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X for @bsky.app begins with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social who says
"And I just felt that it wasn't pleasant any more"
"And I just felt that it wasn't pleasant any more"
Part 6 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X to join @bsky.app where @jimalkhalili.bsky.social says,
"I don't think social media has been round long enough to tell whether all platforms are going to end up polarised like X.. But if so, I'll jump ship again"
"I don't think social media has been round long enough to tell whether all platforms are going to end up polarised like X.. But if so, I'll jump ship again"
November 15, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Part 6 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X to join @bsky.app where @jimalkhalili.bsky.social says,
"I don't think social media has been round long enough to tell whether all platforms are going to end up polarised like X.. But if so, I'll jump ship again"
"I don't think social media has been round long enough to tell whether all platforms are going to end up polarised like X.. But if so, I'll jump ship again"
Enjoying the spectacle of Count Binface explaining to #Newsnight's political editor & Therese Coffey that by voting for him & not Farage the people of Clacton can avoid the likelihood of a 2nd by-election & save the taxpayer £350,000. "And you can put that on the side of a bus."
July 8, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Enjoying the spectacle of Count Binface explaining to #Newsnight's political editor & Therese Coffey that by voting for him & not Farage the people of Clacton can avoid the likelihood of a 2nd by-election & save the taxpayer £350,000. "And you can put that on the side of a bus."
Newsnight’s back on Mon
I don’t think it’s going to be a quiet 2025 :)
Live each weeknight 1030pm BBC 2 & BBC News or iplayer whenever u want. We bring you original/forensic interviews + discussion about UK/international news
(& we’re on blue sky, tiktok, insta & X)
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
I don’t think it’s going to be a quiet 2025 :)
Live each weeknight 1030pm BBC 2 & BBC News or iplayer whenever u want. We bring you original/forensic interviews + discussion about UK/international news
(& we’re on blue sky, tiktok, insta & X)
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
January 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Newsnight’s back on Mon
I don’t think it’s going to be a quiet 2025 :)
Live each weeknight 1030pm BBC 2 & BBC News or iplayer whenever u want. We bring you original/forensic interviews + discussion about UK/international news
(& we’re on blue sky, tiktok, insta & X)
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
I don’t think it’s going to be a quiet 2025 :)
Live each weeknight 1030pm BBC 2 & BBC News or iplayer whenever u want. We bring you original/forensic interviews + discussion about UK/international news
(& we’re on blue sky, tiktok, insta & X)
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
"You do see this sense in which Mark Carney is trying to build a coalition of other likeminded nations."
Newsnight's @faisalislam.bsky.social speaks to newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and what his message to US President Donald Trump would be.
#Newsnight
Newsnight's @faisalislam.bsky.social speaks to newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and what his message to US President Donald Trump would be.
#Newsnight
April 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"You do see this sense in which Mark Carney is trying to build a coalition of other likeminded nations."
Newsnight's @faisalislam.bsky.social speaks to newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and what his message to US President Donald Trump would be.
#Newsnight
Newsnight's @faisalislam.bsky.social speaks to newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and what his message to US President Donald Trump would be.
#Newsnight
Emily Maitlis brags about her, Deb Cohen, and Hannah Barnes getting the Tavistock GIDS service shut down.
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
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What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
🔥🧵
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Part 2 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X for Bluesky refers to @jay.bsky.team
Incidentally Jay, if you allowed videos longer than 60 seconds, I could post the whole segment in one, instead I'm posting it in pieces ;)
Incidentally Jay, if you allowed videos longer than 60 seconds, I could post the whole segment in one, instead I'm posting it in pieces ;)
November 15, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Part 2 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X for Bluesky refers to @jay.bsky.team
Incidentally Jay, if you allowed videos longer than 60 seconds, I could post the whole segment in one, instead I'm posting it in pieces ;)
Incidentally Jay, if you allowed videos longer than 60 seconds, I could post the whole segment in one, instead I'm posting it in pieces ;)
‘Newsnight has gained a new lease of life….in the age of social media, opinions abound but the kind of thoughtful analysis provided by Newsnight is in short supply’
So says Daily Telegraph 👇
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
So says Daily Telegraph 👇
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Victoria Derbyshire on Newsnight’s improbable comeback in the second age of Trump
A booming news agenda has given BBC Two’s flagship show a fresh lease of life
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
‘Newsnight has gained a new lease of life….in the age of social media, opinions abound but the kind of thoughtful analysis provided by Newsnight is in short supply’
So says Daily Telegraph 👇
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
So says Daily Telegraph 👇
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Part 7 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X to join @bsky.app where @misszing.bsky.social says,
"It is almost identical to Twitter of 6-7 years ago, say pre-Musk, so it is a little more useable"
"I also think X is unusable.. Replies from bots.. Bluesky is a much better user exp"
"It is almost identical to Twitter of 6-7 years ago, say pre-Musk, so it is a little more useable"
"I also think X is unusable.. Replies from bots.. Bluesky is a much better user exp"
November 15, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Part 7 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X to join @bsky.app where @misszing.bsky.social says,
"It is almost identical to Twitter of 6-7 years ago, say pre-Musk, so it is a little more useable"
"I also think X is unusable.. Replies from bots.. Bluesky is a much better user exp"
"It is almost identical to Twitter of 6-7 years ago, say pre-Musk, so it is a little more useable"
"I also think X is unusable.. Replies from bots.. Bluesky is a much better user exp"
Polanski is not wrong.
Newsnight's gleeful reading of texts from Deform party was a particular low point @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Newsnight's gleeful reading of texts from Deform party was a particular low point @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Polanski slams BBC Reform-friendly hypocrisy after Newsnight ambush
Green Party leader Zack Polanski blasts BBC pro-Reform bias after a Newsnight ambush and press conference snub
www.thecanary.co
August 11, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Polanski is not wrong.
Newsnight's gleeful reading of texts from Deform party was a particular low point @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Newsnight's gleeful reading of texts from Deform party was a particular low point @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
What a sad loss. She was ace.
‘Newsnight’s kindest critic’: Bonnie Greer was always effortlessly in command
Playwright was an unusual mix of originality and authority and in high demand as a cultural critic
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:33 AM
What a sad loss. She was ace.