Brexit: MPs challenged over vote - BBC Newsnight

Emily Maitlis grills Jacob Rees-Mogg over the language he has used over Theresa May's Brexit deal.
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Newsnight is joined by Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood, Chair of the European Research Group Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour MP Stephen Kinnock and Sarah Wollaston from The Independent Group.
The Labour frontbench were invited to participate in the discussion, but declined.
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[@harryrobertson3746]

Three Remainers, Wollaston, Kinnock and Maitland vs one Leaver, Rees Mog. This is what the BBC considers to be unbiased.

[@endintiers]

Or an accurate reflection of the current opinions of the British people...

[@harryrobertson3746]

@@endintiers see

[@endintiers]

@@harryrobertson3746 The Tories have screwed it up. Because of the GFA, the UK must either get rid of NI or stay in a Customs Union. If the GFA is violated neither the EU or USA will sign a trade agreement with the UK. The government has spent the past 2 years trying to get the wrong agreement. Sure leave, but reset the clock and take another 1 or 2 years to do it right.

[@lookagain3305]

3 v 1, almost a fair fight....almost.

[@JD-Media]

@@endintiers Cleary not.

[@paulgibbons2320]

Wish they would stop saying honouring the referendum result when what they mean is ignoring it...

[@AaronFromGuildford]

The BBC journalist so totally annoying.

[@christopherbull5254]

This women is extremely smug and clearly bias, shouldn't be interviewing anyone

[@glitch373]

She’s a journalist, her job is to confront politicians on their bullshit. Sorry a strong woman offends you.

[@corradomancini3271]

@@glitch373 # but she is massively biased, which is fine if she didn’t work for the BBC,

[@glitch373]

@@corradomancini3271 in what way is she biased

[@patriciarutter2761]

Get rid of BBC AND EMILY- WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?

[@justjackman]

Waaa waaa waaaa leave poor Jacob alone

[@paulnewman9275]

She thinks she's important, she's a nobody and should be fired ,so biased ,a real scum bag

[@Kavafy]

I bet she can use the caps lock key though

[@interiordecorator4288]

@@paulnewman9275 She is one of the biggest interviewers in Britian. Who the fuck are you?

[@jont39]

How JRM was the only one in a battle who held up but this ridiculously biased interviewer apologised for interrupting the independent MP and was so calm with the Labour MP

[@edmundkhor]

biased broadcasting corporation

[@freddyjones9316]

How on earth did she challenge the MPs, other than JRM? What a terribly slanted interview.

[@hammerblack1859]

Jrm is the only one that matters and he has u turned bigly

[@jontmusiteur55]

Maybe it might have something to do with JRM being the only real lying and conniving arsewipe.

[@SwappingIsSaving]

The BBC is going to lose the licence fee.

[@CameronArnott]

People think him a reprobate now that he has voted for May's deal but his logic is valid and he is still principled. He has always stated: No Deal > May's Deal > No Brexit. No deal has been ruled out so the best thing he can do is vote for May now. Superficially this looks like a horribly hypocritical move but when people feel emotional they just see what they want to see. This presenter is pathetic.

[@JasmineSurrealVideos]

I think Emily is very biased, judgemental and most definitely not impartial, which is what a good journalist should strive to be.

[@mrswinkyuk]

You're another tit. Not seen the grilling she gave Labour over Brexit? Of course not, MORON.

[@rossleeson8626]

@Sherlock Holmes That is so devoid of meaning. You just strung some verbs and nouns together. Let me guess haven't voted for decades, got Facebook, and now thanks to memes made by anyone, devoid of logic, you have decided you're a political campaigner.

[@nealbeard1]

Unbiased means your ridiculous cretinous views I suppose.

[@nealbeard1]

@More tea Vicar? the truth is difficult sometimes isn't it

[@nealbeard1]

@Sherlock Holmes I would have said twat! He won't get MOFO

[@Andy-id1ui]

Once again remainers outnumber leavers in the panel.

[@ollierichards2370]

and the country

[@Andy-id1ui]

@@ollierichards2370 Really? Did you miss the result of the only official poll, i.e. the referendum?

[@ollierichards2370]

@@Andy-id1ui how many of them coffin dodgers have died since and what about the 2+million people who became old enough to vote maybe we should run everything in this country with the same thought process every football match we dont need to play we`ll just use the score from the match 3 years ago

[@Andy-id1ui]

@@ollierichards2370 The typical nastiness and arrogance of a remainer. And stupidity.....football match, oh do grow up.

[@ollierichards2370]

@@Andy-id1ui no i put it in simple terms because i need to for brexiteers my comment could apply to anything ie the 1812 general election we`ll make the earl of liverpool the prime minister forever because thats what the people voted for

[@grantdennison69]

She is so biased. Well done JRM

[@garyreynolds5733]

faint praise...

[@bernardchittaro2756]

Brexit mean Brexit. You are going to make it a success. Can you get out of EU

[@markhorton8578]

Emily Matis is so rude, to Mogg she is going for the man, not what he is saying. Quoting abuse as though She meant it was a big give away. I am pretty sick of the Brexit Blocking Corporation, or the Ministry Of Truth as Orwell would call it. These people keep saying leavers didn't know or agree on what they were voting for. THEY DID.They were not voting for a destination, they were voting for a departure. Saying they didn't is just a dishonest and anti-democratic excuse to not deliver.

[@markhorton8578]

@cosmosspring 9.01 it is a common thing for low grade interviewers to say things like, "Your opponents say you are a "xxxxxx"... " slanderous allegation or derogatory term as appropriate. And is a way for the interviewer to directly infer it as truth. This technique is most often used without any names being used and is sometimes a way for those in the media to propose such alligations or terms, or simply call people names, when no opponents have said such a thing. However to be "fair" to Matis at least she did not make that up, and quoted the name of the abuser. Nevertheless the stress in her voice and her manner, gave away her deep personal frustration, with her attacks being put down in a polite and reasonable manner. There was no reason to bring "the useful idiots" quote in other than to be abusive. Mogg probably would have let that ride, had she not just condemned the use of abuse herself.

[@bmarkyt132]

The country is pleading for no deal and strong pro brexit PM.

[@theearlofgrantham9816]

Wow the hate was real for Mogg in this one.

[@Sr68720]

But all based on facts

[@user-iv1ug6rh6q]

@@benbartleet6058 Such prose. Were you dropped upon your head as a child or was it a lobotomy?

[@williamriley924]

Ben Bartleet. RUBBISH

[@notnotness4765]

But but the BBC is unbiased

[@garyreynolds5733]

@@notnotness4765 is not wrong, not on this knotty issue, he's not.

[@user-iv1ug6rh6q]

After the regrettable rudeness displayed by Ms Maitlis in her interview with Mr Rees Mogg on December 13, 2018, I assumed the BBC would issue an apology for her discourtesy, even though she was bested by Mr Rees Mogg's control and legendary politeness. Instead, she was promoted. I was advised that she had exceeded her incivility in this programme. Upon watching same, this proved an understatement. She sets a new nadir in political interrogation: she might raise questions and await answers; depending upon such answers, she might develop new lines of inquiry, not stick to a repetitive script. A dispassionate interviewer should not make unpleasant, some false, and repeated accusations in a timbre of voice akin to a third world police or security services interrogation. She interrupted; she did not listen; she repeated herself; she sneered and she shouted. Her body language could not have been clearer. With hypocrisy, she then adopted a sotto voce approach and less aggressive posture in posing the most benign of questions to Ms Wollaston and Mr Kinnock, yet awaiting their (predictable) answers, (despite, the less charitable might conclude, the apparent hypocrisy of the former, and family conflicts of interest of the latter). The undiluted venom displayed towards Mr Rees Mogg requires investigation by the BBC, as does Ms Maitlis's lack of impartiality. Newsnight has struggled for some time to recapture its relevance as a premier political programme. With Ms Maitlis at the helm, I fear a recovery will not occur. Why would a politician bother to be interviewed by a one-sided inquisitor because, for the most part, the public will long since have ceased to watch the programme? Whatever most people's political persuasions might be, whether Remain or Leave, Labour or Conservative, they surely expect an impartial examination (and control) by a BBC interviewer from which to draw their own conclusions? Rather than make Mr Rees Mogg appear wanting, as he may perhaps be, and which presumably was her objective or motive, it was Ms Maitlis whose unfortunate conduct became the controversy. My lasting impressions are not of any of the 3 politician guests or their contributions, but of an interviewer appearing as unprofessional, partisan, bad-tempered, ill-mannered and foolish, which was probably not quite the intention?

[@jbagger331]

John Cleese vs Emily "I am a journalist according to my diploma" Maitis provides insight into her ability as a journalist during their debate about the athropy of the journalistic profession. Hence her inability to get her grilling above room temperature during this propaganda segment.

[@deanbeck6223]

The day democracy died

[@anathema2me4EVR]

It died decades ago. Only now are normies realising this.

[@deanbeck6223]

A sh It idea. To take back control of your own country back. You dumb dumb

[@BryanPietersen]

How it Emily Maitlis employed in the media?

[@ma77i7yahu]

The difference in Maitlis' language and questioning between the conservatives and others is incredible. What are you Maitlis? A journalist or a propagandist? Your treatment of Jacob Rees-Mogg was pathetic and embarrassing to be frank ("you whipped up hatred and fear" pfft).

[@Brez6645]

BBC reporter hears the word "Slave" - automatically conjures up images of "Roots" and goes into a flap.

[@petertaylor7134]

I think she repeated his words to him and make him look a fool.

[@deanbeck6223]

But we are slaves if you don't have rights or freedom. You have the illusion of freedom

[@garyreynolds5733]

you need to pat proper attention and not project things.

[@jontmusiteur55]

@@deanbeck6223 If you aren't free you notice it every day because someone's forcing you or preventing you from doing something against your will. That's literally the definition of not being free. There is no such thing as the "illusion of freedom", it's a fatuous claim spread by nutters and conspiracy theorists.

[@hurr_durr_]

No I think that was just in your head....She got into a flap because he's going back on his word like a weasel.

[@brianvvatcher2058]

Tell her to ZIP it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@patriciarutter2761]

Emily is belligerent and she is scathing! Get rid of her

[@paulnewman9275]

Indeed agreed she is a absolute horror...

[@tobyjug6829]

@@paulnewman9275 mogg speaks in a posh accent and he went to. Eaton so he must be right about everything. This is what got us in this mess in the first place by listening to what a person sounds like rather than what's coming out of their mouth.

[@LEO-xo9cz]

@@tobyjug6829 What got us into this mess is the fact that to many globalists are involved.

[@tobyjug6829]

@@LEO-xo9cz who called for Brexit?

[@LEO-xo9cz]

@@tobyjug6829 We did and Cameron gave it to us.

Stephen Kinnock has a DAD who got a juicy job as EU commissioner!!! (like father, like son)

[@youtubeyoutube6341]

JP VOGEL that’s supposed to be some sort of epiphany? JRM has a father who wrote a book on disaster capitalism and has enriched himself the tune of 7 million on the fallout of Brexit, through his Ireland based fund.

[@jbagger331]

Also evaded taxes in Denmark, got away with it because he is married to the former PM.

[@festerboyle4840]

Political dynasties who know how to play the system, it doesn't really matter which party they choose - they are all on the same side against the sheep they herd.

[@garyreynolds5733]

the word 'juicy' makes you sound like you are hurling arrorw at someone with a job in politics. Is that it? WDo you have the same negative thought on Tony Benn and Hilary? How about Uncles? Aunts? Grandparents setting up and later generations following and running a family business? What a defunct perspective. How about Royalty? How about coal-miners following their dad's down the pit in yesteryear? Juicy Job? And @J Bagger: Only a twat would think of marrying someone to evade taxes... And @the Festering Boyle: Sheep are sheep only if they choose to be lazy or dis-enabled regarding their intellect and emotions. You know some people choose ignorance, right? you know some people make sweeping statements without ANY idea of social sciences, right? (aside: thick people with a keyboard and no desire to look into the world analytically, but who are led by emotions of fear and greed.... Sheeple?)

[@MVERLAINE1]

JP VOGEL wrong- his father is no longer an EU Commissioner

[@rufanuf1]

A "European Version of the Cayman Islands!!!!!" YES PLEASE!!!

[@kazuhirala]

Why was she so infatuated with him using the term "slavery" which he clearly meant in a political or economic context?

[@neant2]

Because she wanted to score a point and twists the context of the statement made by ERG. Shame on her.

[@dsorensen95066]

Not informative. Very silly host.

[@claudiavivarelli7571]

This is NOT an international humiliation.. the U.K. is the first country to hold on to a democratic referendum.. others unfortunately didn’t manage eg. Ireland, Portugal for a start.... if anything it speaks very badly for the EU

[@youtubeyoutube6341]

Ciccio Bello I would very much like to Understand what your definition of humiliation is. I’m guessing your threshold is quite vast.

[@claudiavivarelli7571]

KZbin KZbin ummm.. let me see.. humiliation... being bailed out by the tax payer in 2008 .. the banks that is.. that should be humiliating... being caught with one’s hands in the till as so many despots are these days.. that should be humiliating.. being caught up in sex scandals as so many politicians , figures in positions of authority are.. that should be humiliating... preaching one thing but being found in one’s private life to be doing the opposite.. that should be humiliating... looking at a news show that you’ve hosted and seeing how rude you are to the guests.. that should be humiliating... leaving nasty chats on forums like this and looking back at them and seeing what an arse one’s been to people you don’t even know.. that should be humiliating... insisting that a referendum should be honoured... naaah.. that’s not humiliating.. freedom to vote.. to have a different opinion... to vote down.. to stand up to unelected bureaucrats in Europe and say no... we don’t like what your offering.. naaah.. that’s called democracy.. doesn’t happen in the EU parliament because they are expected to do as Donald Tusk tells them... I’d find that humiliating personally.. but each to his own I suppose

[@clowncarqingdao]

@@claudiavivarelli7571 It is an international humiliation - and you and your lack of understanding of how the EU works has helped to cause this. So, please, now toddle off and play quietly and don't disturb any grown-ups.

[@claudiavivarelli7571]

Mark Brierley “It is an international humiliation” is your opinion.. which you’re entitled to as I am to mine.. “and you and your lack of.... grownups” try and offer a solution and not churlish insults ... which only serve to fuel up the present hostility towards institutions like the eu.

[@jontmusiteur55]

@@claudiavivarelli7571 Whereas a government breaking up over an attempt to deliver an undeliverable promise someone else made but didn't intend to keep does not constitute a national humiliation? You know listing other things you think should be humiliating isn't relevant, it's commonly known as whataboutism. And *very* childish.

[@BoostOn]

Why is the BBC blatantly biased?

[@RexOrwell]

Aside from being funded by the EU? And aside from being the propaganda arm of the state? Because they can be. No matter what they churn out people keep watching, keep paying, keep clicking on its links, keep using its output as basis upon which to form an opinion. It's called Stockholm syndrome. Consider what the numbers would have been with 40 years of anti-EU propaganda instead of the 40 years of pro-EU propaganda which the Briton has chosen to stomach. When you ask willing slaves why they put-up with and fund the BBC they scratch themselves for a moment and say _".... mmm, yeah, but Blue Planet is brilliant"_ Pathetic.

[@toolworks]

Since when did the BBC turn into Channel 4? Sack that interviewer.

[@hejla4524]

4:54 Note her first question sounding like a prosecution lawyer not an objective journalist. But this is now the BBC norm. REPLY

[@snoman1999]

Sorry to interupt Sarah Wollaston but quite happy to talk over Reese Mog and co !!!!!!!!

[@stevenjohnston2263]

Rees-Mogg has let us down. We need to leave without a deal. Now.

[@MB-rd2by]

And how can that happen? It has been taken off the table whether you like it or not. Rees mogg is one back bencher he doesn’t have that much power. I’m afraid whether you are happy about it or not the two choices at this point are either vote for the deal or risk letting a pro eu parliament block it all together. I’m afraid he is purely being realistic at this point

[@BatTaz19]

Mogg's U-turn shows he's full of bluster.

[@chadleach6009]

He makes a fair point as to why his position is what it is but it is still unfortunate that it occurred.

[@BatTaz19]

@@chadleach6009 Unfortunate for the Brexit poster child. First and foremost he's a self-serving politician. They all are. Comrade Corbyn is a Racist, a Marxist and equally as capable of doing a flip flop. UKIP are not the answer; they're a symptom of the disease.

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

he already played the market, time to cash in

[@ukchristian28]

I can quite understand his position. He doesn't want the deal, but he sees it as the lesser of two evils. He could be right. I suppose it is academic now because it got voted down again anyway.

[@T00DEEPBLUE]

@@ukchristian28 The only reason why Jacob ever backed May's deal was so that when she resigns, Boris Johnson can rip up May's deal and tell the EU fuck off. The very objective that Jacob has been trying to achieve from the very beginning.

[@davidfrost2680]

Just over one third of the electorate voted to leave the EU. Not everyone was wrong.

[@MultiFredd1]

Emily Maitlis 220k a year what a disgrace

[@bomapenguin]

You can conduct tough interviews with courtesy and respect. This interviewer is unbearable.

[@clowncarqingdao]

So are some of the interviewees. Mogg is particularly obnoxious and condescending.

[@m77ast]

With a customs union and single market - you are in the EU? What part of leave dont these labour guys understand???

[@wodenravens]

Is Norway in the EU? If the answer is yes, then the referendum question should have been clearer.

[@alexanderthegreat7213]

@@wodenravens didn't david cameron, u know...the PRIME MINISTER - didn 't he repeat often enough in every political inerview in the run up to the refrendum and in leaflets that cost the tax payer 9 million exactly what leaving meant?? As i remember it was a vote to leave means leaving the single market and the customs union. The only reason why we assume it wasn't clear is that remainers have muddied the waters so much with their rhetoric that some are now believing them, but leavers remember exactly was was being said before they voted. I can remember clear as day. The problem is remainers are conflating 2 issues. They say lreavers had many different versions of Brexit. No, we didn't, we had many different reasons for leaving, but the WAY in which we leave was the same, leave the SM and the CU. No confusion at all. And where are these leavers that are calling for a 2nd referendum?? There aren';t any. It's just remainers hoping that people will have changed their minds now a remainer pm has delievered a remainer deal. Well all the leavers i know weren't voting for a deal, they were voting for sovereignty, NOT economy.

[@alexanderthegreat7213]

@Sherlock Holmes The propsals put forward that you mentioned were part of what's called 'a discussion' lol, .....the final word on the matter went to the big guy at the top, the prime minister. He was on EVERY political pogram before the referendum repeating over and over what a vote to leave meant. Allow me tp help you out. This is what all leavers understood what Brexit meant; kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH_RmWCBnc5_o5I

[@alexanderthegreat7213]

@Sherlock Holmes A country that is not part of a bigger entity. U know, like NZ Aus, China, Canada - get the picture?

[@alexanderthegreat7213]

@Sherlock Holmes clearly you've missed the point because you're trying to be clever, so let me re-focus you a second. You asked what the definition of Brexit was, in other words HOW we were leaving. I showed you the David Cameron video to highlight what a vote to leave meant. He was repeating it, it meant leaving properly, no soft Brexit mentioned here. The fact that he was trying to warn you against voting to leave is by the by, yea he was against it but the point is, THAT is what a vote to leave meant, which is what you were asking. As for a sovereign nation, i'll quite simply break your cockiness in one example. If a foreign power is dictating your immigration policy, then you are not sovereign. The dictionary definition (of a nation or its affairs) acting or done independently and without outside interference. ‘a sovereign, democratic republic’ That's all I need, that one example alone is enough to justify the claim that we are no longer sovereign. So not such utter nonsense after all. You make big bold statements considering you're not correct on much

[@lewis.wetton]

I think Andrew Neil is the only respectable BBC journalist left

[@martycrow]

C'mon, where is the Labout Party in this? Your voice is missing - though if it was Barry Gardiner (again), I retract my observation. A hole widened with every word!

[@Sr68720]

Labour is not the government.

[@martycrow]

@@Sr68720 But they would like to be. Plus at a time of national crisis, on a high profile news programme such as this, they should have someone explain their position to the nation. I am not anti-Labour, but am so very disappointed in Labour's abrogation of responsibility.

[@philip6868]

Give what the people voted for.

[@popculture70]

If we start calling Brexit Weetabix maybe they'll get confused

[@magma11000]

LOL ;)

[@NB-nk1qy]

I can’t believe the money I pay for my TV license is used to pay this terrible presenter

[@Musrusticus-]

How can the Labour Party talk about not wrecking the economy- they do it every time they’re in power!

[@aidencurl]

And what have the tories done? Pushed millions of working people into poverty? Sounds like a great economy lol

[@Musrusticus-]

aidencurl You cannot blame that entirely on the Conservative Party- a party I don’t care for, by the way. The Labour Party ruined this country which is why the Tory Austerity measures came about. They also ruined the country the last time they were in as well. It is, perhaps, high time for a new set of parties and a little more accountability for what they do.

[@aidencurl]

No mate, you must have missed the whole 2008 crisis caused by private banks. Maybe you were living in a cave reading the Sun "news"paper?

[@Musrusticus-]

aidencurl Private Banks that have been around under both the Tories and Labour- I’m not a Tory supporter, they and the Labour Party have both been very poor at their jobs.

[@robertmangan6501]

Turn the House of Commons into a visitors museum, it would be great for tourism. Build a new round parliament in the centre of the U.K.

[@matthewgodwin3050]

I'd shove every single politician into the House of Commons, lock the door, and throw away the key.

[@renditioners]

Spot on,

[@peternicho]

Tobias is deluded, only a no deal will work are you listening Jacob? it would have been much better if you had Kept to your word.The Change Uk group of MP'S will not be relected as MP'S would you vote for Anna Soubry?

[@bmarkyt132]

Emily trying to be the new Paxman but not really getting it.

[@colinburnside4569]

Time for a General Election ......:)

[@m77ast]

You can see from Jacob Rees Moggs face.. He feels like He has betrayed his own soul.. The normal confidence that He shows is totally gone.

[@robster1073]

Well he has made over £100 million recently for his Somerset Holdings hedge fund due to Brexit so he should be happy-of course the £100 million is stashed in the Cayman Islands where he pays no tax on it

[@petertaylor7134]

@Viscous Shear That makes no sense. Income tax pays for the basic needs of the county.

[@petertaylor7134]

@Viscous Shear Do some research into where our taxes go. Regardless of what political party is in power taxes are important and if you don't like it move to a tax haven. They don't seem to work out that well for the average earner.

[@PrinceZappa]

"𝘖𝘩 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘱? 𝘵𝘶𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬? & 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘱 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦?!!" - JRM

[@petertaylor7134]

@Viscous Shear you didn't research where taxes go did you? You wouldn't want to live in Britain if no one paid taxes is my point. The fact that you would rather avoid paying taxes in the UK while others do than move to a tax haven also proves my point.

[@peterpan9217]

Emily Maitlis is on a long list of BBC reporters and presenters who are conceited, arrogant, bias beyond belief, rude and lacking interpersonal skills. The public is fed up to the back teeth with these types of reporters and Parliament is full of MPs of the same culture. When the political and Reporting media ignore the public....it is Time for a major change in the UK, unlike these elitist goons the public will deliver.

[@peterpan9217]

@Alex Trabech She is part of the Biased BBC whose job spec is defined by the Biased producers.'' Doing her Job'' does not excuse the fact that she conceited, arrogant, bias beyond belief, rude and lacking interpersonal skills

[@peterpan9217]

@Alex Trabech You need to get an education and learn what interpersonal skills are, she clearly does not have any and as stated is a bias, overpaid (at public expense), bigoted, a conceited growing breed of reporters

[@nigels9500]

Oh no not Emily maitlis again 🙄

[@StagecoachMANALX300]

Kirsty Wark is far more kick-ass I reckon. 🤔

[@T2000Terminator]

The British Parliament popped out for dinner yesterday, they went to a local steak house, they were asked if they'd like steak..... YES! they all agreed that steak would be good. "Would you like it blue, rare, medium rare, medium, well done, or burnt to a crisp"......" NO!" they said. "But you want steak?" the waiter asked ...... "YES" they all replied The PM said "well actually I didn't want steak but everyone else wanted it so I'm getting them steak" "so how would you like your steak blue, rare, medium rare, medium, well done, or burnt to a crisp?" asked the now confused waiter.... " Id like it the way the Norwegians have it, maybe" she said, "well they're having it well done" said the waiter thinking he was getting somewhere. "who'd like it like the way the Norwegians are having it asked the PM" "Not us" said the MPs "so how do you want it cooked, or do you want it raw" asked the now bored waiter. " Look" explained a tall very snooty MP in the top hat " Its quite simple, there are 650 of us and we want steak, you sell steak, you need us to buy your steak, we want steak, but we don't want it raw or cooked now go into the kitchen and figure out how to sell us a new kind of steak,..... " The upset waiter went into the kitchen and came back with an offer. " Its not really the done thing but we could pickle your steak" "Nobody wants their steak in a pickle!!!" exclaimed the PM. With that in walked a chap with a pint of lager a french sounding name an a German wife " you know what ! he said I mightn't be an member of this parliament but I'm on the board that runs this restaurant and I want steak too. Lets all go down the road to McDonalds they're American and they'll be dying to sell us Steak.." "I'm not sure they do steak!" said the PM. " Well if they don't its bound to be better than the steak they do have here." said the MP with the funny tufty hair. "Thank God they're gone" said the waiter as he he turned to the 27 other customers who had been looking on with amusement.

[@neant2]

What was all that about? Get a life

[@T2000Terminator]

@@neant2what was all that about ? bit slow are we?

[@AM-es5up]

The people voted to leave..... no one voted for a deal.... May created that betrayal to the people and the political class have destroyed the trust in delivering the will of the people....!!!!

[@anicca000]

A M bot

[@evarichardson2381]

Way to toe the Government line BBC!

[@civilape]

that interviewer is terrible. She focuses in on all the wrong points.

[@sourcescience]

Which part of LEAVE does the BBC not understand?

[@trollop_7]

What happened to the BBC?

[@samuelaubrey2612]

Jacob does not care about poor people nor does he care about the working class, he only cares about himself and no one else

[@raziel3726]

You convince yourself of that those of us awake know different!!

[@nickfreeman9378]

The world is a shopping mall, the patrons are countries, remain and leave are our parents. Everyone in the shopping mall is laughing at us or taking pity upon us. oh and it's all taking place in sports direct. Officially the Lonsdale equivalent of a country.

[@w307288]

How was this woman hired by the BBC? I just watched her interview with Hungarian foreign minister (for which the comments are interestingly disabled...) and she is so incredibly biased, smug, and unprofessional. How is what she does journalism??

[@eng9040]

I am sickened by BBC presenters, biased interrupting, talking over people Emily Maitlis and Kirsty Wark and Evan will all be seen as people on the side of betraying the British choice to be a free country again. They think they are doing honest journal interviews, the public see right through them. The days of the BBC are ending.

[@ghostwulff2723]

I was a life long Conservative. VOTE and join UKIP NOW

[@1man1bike1road]

Those idiots the tories did all this so you wouldnt join ukip backfired a bit

[@ghostwulff2723]

I think their base will get hammed, and I like what Battons saying about free speech. Farage has become to much like the ELITE and does not rep the working class like he claims too. UKIP is the only party left that's been consistent.

[@musictomyears8]

From bad to worse

[@ghostwulff2723]

LOL so which party ant got gammon in it good luck finding one. love you sherlock dude. x

[@ghostwulff2723]

The Ham is everywhere :)

[@gulagga371]

Tobias has abstained from No Deal vote, despite 3 line whip. I will not be voting for him again.

[@greeny202ab]

I dont like this guy but when are the MSM going to realise that this kind of interview is not popular anymore? We do not want to see politicians badgered like this unless real poits are being made. This is just like amateur dramatics. The BBC needs to be shut down as soon as possible.

[@ukchristian28]

I think good old Jacob Rees-Mogg stood his ground very well indeed.

[@greeny202ab]

@@ukchristian28 Yes, I was refering to the guy on the big screen, JRM always shreds these BBC clowns. I hate that damned channel.

[@davidairey3614]

Classic bbc. Was a remainer but her attitude towards the brexit side is shocking. The bbc need to get a grip.

[@sonofsomerset1695]

The BBC lost their grip long ago, they are heavily biased if not directly partaking in the establishment propaganda on all issues. Just look at how they got caught out conspiring to create serious allegations for a hit piece on Tommy Robinson, even if you dont agree with Tommy or his methods, which are constantly misrepresented by the way, you should recognize it is totally unacceptable to deliberately create lies and report them as facts in national media, which the main stream media have all been doing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rX_HY5WsgdusoZY&t

[@patriciarutter2761]

THE REMAINERS ARE THE PROBLEM. WHY WILL NOT ACCEPT THE LEAVE VOTE.

[@garyreynolds5733]

you know why, you self-appointed trouble-maker.

[@LEO-xo9cz]

Remainers are merely the useful idiots. The problem is on top.

[@LEO-xo9cz]

@@garyreynolds5733 Would you like some cheese with that whine?

[@garyreynolds5733]

@@LEO-xo9cz ha ha h ah ahh ahha ahhhhaha ha ha Mr. Smoketoomuch? You know Patricia is a Russian Bot, don't you Yuri the nameless?

[@LEO-xo9cz]

@@garyreynolds5733 Russia Russia Russia its like a stuck record.

[@briangasser973]

Emily is obnoxious to her guest JRM. You can challenge a person's beliefs in a way that is respectful. She feds the anger gripping the UK.

[@Sr68720]

You are just hurt because your bum boy has been found out

[@MrPanz3r]

wow she's a bit insufferable in this interview.... yikes.

[@kramer26]

"Horse so dead it's practically a glue stick!" hahahahah come on Emily, show some decorum!! lol

[@hubmastomas3836]

Was anyone even listening, JRM said he'd support the deal because a no deal Brexit was voted against by parliament. Leaving just 2 alternatives. Seems to me he did compromise by putting the country first and voting for May's deal.

[@steveellis9288]

The Mog ties them up in knots, well done Jacob.

[@jbagger331]

Just watch Emily Maitlis being taken apart by John Cleese instead, that at least has some comedic value. Scratch that, this also has comedic value as Maitlis attempts to remember what journalism is after not having utilized that skillset in decades which is evident in her feeble light roasting of Rees-Mogg.

[@ljttlebro3534]

A pathetic attack Jacob rees-mogg of course from the BBC.

[@1Thedairy]

My goodness Emily Maitlis is really aggressive isn’t she? I don’t like this kind of interviewing at all. She’s rude and out of order and I don’t know how Rees-Mogg kept his temper.

[@PrinceZappa]

She did a good job.

[@MidnightRambler]

Mogg correct as always

[@samhallzero]

God, I'm so glad I stopped paying my tv Licence Fee. I originally did it as a protest against them moving out of Television Centre, and wholesale closure of departments.

[@grahamrogers3345]

Totally ridiculous treatment of JRM

[@hammerblack1859]

Ridiculous u-turn of jrm

[@hammerblack1859]

@Sherlock Holmes your joking right?

[@brianvvatcher2058]

God she thinks she knows it ALL and loves the sound of her own voice, Typical BBC Waller. !!!!

[@willowtree7343]

Who is this ridiculous woman ? What an insult to intelligent women everywhere -Please get rid of her. I would say put her in charge of the Lotto Draw- but she would stuff that up too.

[@laurejon]

The deal is to trade under WTO rules. Its already in place, get on with leaving the EU

[@666SunTzu666]

The BBC just never learns

[@dickhamilton3517]

the BBC are responsible for precisely none of this mess, son.

[@BoredStiffGaming]

Reporter can not hide her own agenda. Reporters who can not remain impartial need taking off the air

[@Mark-zv7tk]

Can’t clog the mogg

[@theun-personing5674]

Mogg.....you have completely let us down.

[@williamriley924]

The Un-Personing. No he hasn't

[@Land-of-reason]

Emily Maitlis can hardly be considered neutral. Her whole approach is rather offensive. How Wollaston claimed to be a BREXITER is mind blowing. She should never have stood under a Conservative ticket.

[@Sr68720]

@Maxie Film Productions they are facts.

[@youtubeyoutube6341]

Maxie Film Productions funny how he is t able to ha did direct questioning.

[@StagecoachMANALX300]

Sarah doesn't realise that the DUP voted down the deal, for the one main reason that it would put our Union at risk!

[@stevenhowe6677]

Britain voted to LEAVE the EU, it's as simple as that.

[@codex8085]

ONLY ONE TYPE OF BREXIT JUST LEAVE - NO DEAL. (some leavers were open to a deal which obviously was subject to leaving under article 50 anyway. - They didn't believe the PM would leave under 50 and create a new treaty with more eurocentric terms)

[@jamiewilkinsracing]

0:08 "Labour chose to say no"... Their pathetic Brexit policy in a nutshell. Zero constructive contribution to debates, say no to everything, risk immense damage to the country for the chance of an election win. Self-serving in the extreme. Of course, the Tories have been an utter bunch of clowns and Lib Dems inaudible just when they had an opportunity to be the voice of reason. DUP have been obstructive to the coalition but come out as the only party I can respect for voting in accordance with what is actually best for their electorate.

[@lourum8832]

I'm so glad that parliament has done this to the people of Britain..they're all turncoats..gives us all the more reason to vote for ukip or the Brexit party..we will be heard!! And we will make Britain great again 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@sb_dunk]

Please don't, UKIP politicians do not have the British people's best interests at heart. Farage used to be a derivatives trader and likely made a lot of money out of Brexit. Who lost out? The British public through pension losses, a fall in how much our money is worth and most importantly unnecessary hatred towards each other.

[@lourum8832]

@@sb_dunk I have seen out the years of labour with no more boom and bust..conservatives then tightening belts and making cuts to claw money back from previous labour and bankers mistakes.. and throughout I have remained at the same level of poor, because it is us paying for this out of the taxpayers pot..they have now stamped all over our democracy and want us to sign up to a treaty we will never be freed from. I want wealth for all and no party within parliament on the current day represents the people. They have divided this country, not UKIP..they opened the floodgates and have destroyed britain as we knew it..I respect your opinion but I'm afraid I cannot agree. They will never be trusted again.

[@sb_dunk]

@@lourum8832 I completely agree with your sentiments, both labour and the conservatives have ignored the public, especially the poor. I understand why you don't want to vote for either party and UKIP seems like the obvious choice (especially to send a point across). However, I truly believe that UKIP are promising everything without any substance - they are rarely consistent with their policies and when they are, they don't benefit the average Brit. I can't and shouldn't tell you who to vote for, but I really believe UKIP will do more harm than good. P.s. I think Trump won for the exact same reasons (mainly despair) and he's dividing the US more and more each day. I pray this doesn't happen here. All the best mate.

[@lourum8832]

@@sb_dunk I really do respect your opinion & can see why you'd think that..I wish the mp's shared the same morals and sentiments. It's like watching fish wives shouting and screaming in the house of commons at the moment. I pray for a miracle & for the wealth to be shared in the way that it should be. 💗 & thank you for a lovely debate.

[@sb_dunk]

@@lourum8832 Haha, yep a lot of out of touch Oxbridge graduates. Maybe one day something innovative like universal basic income can solve some of our problems, not holding my breath though unfortunately!

[@anathema2me4EVR]

All establishment figures who’ll thrive in or out of the EU. Those of us who want our nation back will be ignored as will our suffering.

[@ishmaelforester9825]

@Super Dude The Irish who were asserting their own nation?

[@danzal9237]

'Well, I can be a slave state for twenty-one months.' Who is the "I", the Sun King?

[@williamriley924]

Dan Zal. No he's jacob rees-mogg should be pm

[@partybiscuit]

Jacob what have you done.

[@gavinturner5565]

Mr. Reese Mogg, what an English Pratt. I never believed the man!!! Emily is absolutely correct to say (expression below) bull dust with his speech and hateful language not only to his own electorate but thinks everybody else in the nation believes his rational. Makes himself look like a complete idiot!!! He's his own vassal state. Prime Minister Mogg, not a chance!!! This is what Eton and Oxford produced???

[@davidairey3614]

Hateful language. Say what you want about reese mogg but hateful language is not one of them.

[@user-iv1ug6rh6q]

@Super Dude Do grow up; read the definition of the word.

[@peterhausmann8337]

@@davidairey3614 Mr. Rees-Mogg knows very well how to seed hatred without using explicitly hate speech. When he for example claims that the 39 billions are payed for nothing, or when he uses the term of slavery in the context. But most of the people do not recognize, that they are manipulated by this kind of speech.

[@davidairey3614]

Ahh yes, there it is. The masses are to stupid to understand the context.

[@philipocarroll]

JRM is now a busted flush.

[@didierlemoine6771]

UK parliament should vote twice to fix Brexit !

[@markkelly9621]

Some journalists reliah taking an egotistical approach to try and get one over the person to whom they are speaking rather than doing their job and getting material to inform the public.

[@VanlifewithAlan]

So many versions of Brexit. Only one version of Remain.

[@p.g.u.d]

We voted to LEAVE.

[@p.g.u.d]

Alan Heath Article 50. "The treaties shall not apply to the member in question". Very clear.

[@p.g.u.d]

We did NOT vote to remain.

[@p.g.u.d]

This interviewer is awful.

[@Brez6645]

Awful is being kind to her.

[@brasilo85]

No, she is a professional interviewer who doesn't let Rees-Mogg's lies go unchallenged.

[@user-iv1ug6rh6q]

@@brasilo85 How would she know? How would we know? She was not listening, being too busy shouting out her script and interrupting him with her opinions..

[@irishmuso7129]

Awful or not, it's all slipping away from you and your kind Mr. Furious! Great name - first name Nigel?

[@Ian-ld4fk]

No she just won't let jrms bullshit stand unchallenged....maybe if more journalists had done this 3 years ago we could have avoided all this crap....

[@suzanking5625]

Stephen Kinnock really just blows it all out his bottom. Poor Brits.

[@user-iv1ug6rh6q]

It's worse when he tries to speak via his mouth. Perhaps there is an internal malfunction? The windbagism is evidence that the apple fell not far from the tree.

[@soneill13]

Non of them are listening to the Brexit voters. A vast majority say no deal, no problem.

[@soneill13]

So am I a liar, uneducated, or stupid? I will assume that you are being deliberately obtuse when jumping to such sweeping judgements based two short sentences. Now let me educate you. I was at Westminster yesterday and heard the brexiteers saying categorically that they believe no deal is not a problem. That does not mean they are ignorant of the consequences of a no deal Brexit, but they are ready to accept the consequences if it means we are out! And before you start on the we didn’t know what Brexit would mean, people don’t realize they will their jobs, and any other economic doom and gloom you wish to regurgitate, you are wrong! There has been more than enough pro EU propaganda and re-education on the mainstream media to ensure even five year olds know what you believe no deal would result in. You are obviously incapable of comprehending why sovereignty is more important to Brexit voters than anything you have to say on the matter. I’ve heard remainers saying we have sovereignty. But how do we have sovereignty when EU law can override our government; as exampled this week. If that isn’t a problem to you, then I pity you. Regions with large Brexit bases are suffering job losses, depressed wages, unaffordable housing, and other things. To them the economy is already fucked. How big a threat do you think a wrecked economy is to them? And predictions of catastrophic financial and resource losses are not definitive, they nothing more than biased opinions. So may I suggest you pull your head out of your arse you condescending fraggle?

[@soneill13]

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[@soneill13]

Sherlock Holmes you are so right! Oh wait just checked my dictionary and majority does not equal all, Article 4 does not prove sovereignty ( suggest you read it again), and seriously how contemptuous can you be when you assume I claim to know the reasons they voted out, and missed the point that they voted out despite project fear. Your flawed argument of us having sovereignty is just ridiculous. Let me put this in terms you may truly understand: If EU laws do not take precedence over our own, then the argument of sovereignty would have been crushed long ago, and your side would have won the referendum. Research shows more people think we should leave without a deal than any other position at this point. After all no deal is better than a bad deal, and would you agree May’s deal is a bad deal?