Boris Johnson unable to give a cost for the replacement of bendy buses in London. This was Boris' first and only policy for many months and he is still now unable to say how much it would cost. First he said it would cost just £8 million, now he doesn't seem to have any idea at all. A truly awful performance from the candidate for Mayor of London. Even Jeremy Paxman seems at a loss.

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The cream of British blogging takes on the big boys.

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Gavin Esler talked to Michael Bradley of the Undertones, and Mark E Smith of the Fall following the death of veteran DJ John Peel.

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pete talks to kristy

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Syd Barrett Newsnight Feature

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BBC Newsnight interviews Peter Fincham, Controller of BBC1, about the BBC's grovelling apology to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and photographer Annie Leibowitz for biased editing that appeared, wrongly, to show Her Majesty 'storming out of a photo shoot'. For more details see: biased-bbc.blogspot.com

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Jeremy Paxman chairs a debate between Rabbi David Goldberg and Melanie Phillips, in which they discuss the vexed question of "Who speaks for Jews in Britain?".

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An insight into fathers 4 justice, the largest, fastest growing campaign in the world

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BBC Newsnight Report on Womens' Day in Iran. Includes interviews with Iranian women Azar Nafisi interviewed from Washington, Frances Harrison reporting from Tehran and deals with issues surrounding the plight of activists such as Delaram Ali

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Following the past weeks volatile market developments Newsnight and other Channels report on todays boost following the Feds Cut of interest rates by a further 0.75% to levels slightly below current $ inflation rates. (Part 1 of 2) Historical background on the lessons from the Great Depression of the 1920-30's in a Report by Hugh Pym (BBC Economics Correspondent). Also highlighting the fine balance between avoiding recession andfeeding inflation, in interviews with Jon Danielsson (Londn School of Economics) & Linda Yueh (London Business School). Followed by an interview by Jeremy Paxman with Prof. Barry Eichengreen (Author "The Gold Standard and the Great Depression"), on topics, among others, on the dangers ahead, potential solutions and current achievements. (Contd. in Part 2)

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A secret document obtained from inside Bush campaign headquarters in Florida suggests a plan - possibly in violation of US law - to disrupt voting in the state's African-American voting districts, a BBC Newsnight investigation reveals.

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Jeremy Paxman interviews Myron Ebell from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and John Mitchell, Chief Scientist at the UK Met Office, and a lead author of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Myron Ebell gets slaughtered as Paxman reveals his lies one by one. Paxman asks Ebell "Are you a scientist?", at which point Ebell's argument completely falls apart

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Jeremy Paxman famously hated the idea of weather reports on Newsnight. Here's how the great Paxo dealt with it, in a compendium shown on Have I Got News For You.

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20060822 Newsnight - Pt3 - Nation Building in East Timor 1

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BBC Newsnight interview with Ann Coulter by Jeremy Paxman talking about her book. Jeremy Paxman gets the Ann Coulter treatment.

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Investigative journalist Greg Palast reports on one company that has won the right to collect $20 million from the government of Zambia after buying its debt for $4 million. In his recent State of the Union address, President Bush declared the United States was taking on the challenges of global hunger, poverty and disease, and urged support for debt relief, which he called the best hope for eliminating poverty.

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Jeremy Paxman wrestles - not wholly successfully - with newfangled technology (a mobile phone) to appeal to viewers to make their own short news films to be shown on BBC Newsnight. bbc.co.uk/newsnight or http://tinyurl.com/yg4hcu

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James Whale on Newsnight

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The panel on BBCs Newsnight Review discuss the London opening of the hip hit musical Avenue Q. Featuring several great clips showing how amazing the London cast of the show is!

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Legitimate freebie offers, as seen on the BBC. To claim your own free MacBook Pro, visit: http://apple.kudosnetwork.co.uk/?ref=821 (UK residents) http://apple.real-incentives.com/12153 (US residents)

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Brain Gym segment from Newsnight on Tuesday 2nd of April 2008. See part 2 for the interview with Paul Dennison here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjRhYP5faTU Edit: For more on brain gym, visit Dr Ben Goldacre's blog "Bad Science" here: http://www.badscience.net/?cat=32

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Kirsty Wark continues to talk to Pete Doherty about drugs, his family and leaving The Libertines.

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BBC newsnight piece on the encroachment of creationism into UK schools.

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Fidel Castros Legacy from a Newsnight Review on the day he announces his retirement (18.02.2008). Historical & political review incl. interviws & analysis with Ambassador Otto Reich (Ass. Sec. of State for Western Hemisphere 2001-4), Larry Birns (U.S. Council on Hemispheric Affairs). Panel discussion including George Galloway (MP), Pedro Perez-Sarduy (Cuban Poet & Author), Frank Calzon (Executive Director Centre for a Free Cuba & Oliver Kamm (Times Columnist) * complete in 2 Parts. Part of a Series highlighting how differently Channels report on the same event (see also %BBC1, %Channel 4 & %ITV News at 10). Higher Resolution (Broadband) Quality. For Low Resolution (Modem) Quality see "Fidel Castro Part1 Review"

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Please Sign Petition to End Persecution and Prosecution of Women's Rights Defenders in Iran http://www.meydaan.com/English/petition.aspx?cid=52&pid=12

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