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[retrotimelady]

oh look the bbc being transphobic again, guess it’s a day of the week ending in y

[alt text: a screenshot of a quote tweet from BBC Woman’s Hour. The tweet reads:  The BBC has confirmed the following: "We can clarify that Brain of Britain's list of women finalists included a trans woman, a detail which was not made available to the Woman's Hour team when they covered the story." The original tweet reads:  For the 1st time in its 55 year history, @BBCRadio4 ‘s ‘Brain of Britain’ had its first ever all-woman final. @Emmabarnett is joined by the 2022 champion Sarah Trevarthen, & co-founder of feminist quizzine @quizogyny Becky Howell to discuss the rise of women in quizzing.]

[msamba]

'Maths is everywhere!'

'Maths is everywhere!' ❓ Do you enjoy maths? Mathematician and CEO of @Stemettes, Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, spoke to @emmabarnett about why our experience of maths at school can have such a lasting impact, and why the subject is so important, even after we leave school ⬇️ — BBC Woman's Hour (@BBCWomansHour) March 23, 2024

[thesociologicalcinema]

Should people with learning disabilities be allowed to work for less than the minimum wage? Debate on @bbc5live ~ @Emmabarnett Alternate phrasing of this question: should employers be allowed to exploit some of society's most vulnerable people? ~ @stavvers

[plsbyallmeans]

🗣️"It was a decision that we talked a lot about between the two of us"

@ChelseaClinton and @HillaryClinton reveal to @EmmaBarnett they talked “a lot” about whether Hillary should stay with Bill

📲Read more: https://t.co/xYk0QchAUV

🎧Listen via @BBCSounds https://t.co/LsL7silZqu

[cocofennell]

Amazing @emmabarnett in #cocofennell bee dress ❤️❤️❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/B1q6QkOptHY/?igshid=1n4fzb4yat8y1

[sexydeathparty]

Emma Barnett Announces BBC Newsnight Departure

Emma Barnett has announced she is stepping down from her role as one of the hosts on BBC Newsnight. 

The broadcaster explained she was leaving the current affairs programme after three years to concentrate on hosting Radio 4′s Woman’s Hour, among other projects. 

In a Twitter thread, she said: “After 3 very enjoyable years presenting Newsnight, I have made the decision to leave the programme. This is in part due to my role fronting Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, which I’m thrilled to say is reaching more listeners than ever, and I have many more plans for.

“It is also because there are other projects in the pipeline to which I wish to dedicate more attention.

“The biggest thanks go to my editors, the endlessly energetic team, my guests, and of course, our viewers. It’s been an absolute blast.”

THREAD-Some news: After 3 very enjoyable years presenting Newsnight, I have made the decision to leave the programme. This is in part due to my role fronting Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, which I’m thrilled to say is reaching more listeners than ever,and I have many more plans for. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/EsMrHTVuVN

— Emma Barnett (@Emmabarnett) February 4, 2022

It is also because there are other projects in the pipeline to which I wish to dedicate more attention. The biggest thanks go to my editors, the endlessly energetic team, my guests, and of course, our viewers. It’s been an absolute blast. 2/3 pic.twitter.com/VM3nQbl5Ym

— Emma Barnett (@Emmabarnett) February 4, 2022

Emma confirmed she had made her final appearance on Newsnight earlier this week. 

It saw her schooling business minister Paul Scully as he struggled to defend Boris Johnson over partygate. 

A clip from my last show on Monday - my @BBCNewsnight interview with the business minister Paul Scully - after the civil servant Sue Gray published her abbreviated report, confirming parties took place in Downing Street that shouldn’t have done during lockdown #Newsnight 3/3 pic.twitter.com/FLdv1JBagV

— Emma Barnett (@Emmabarnett) February 4, 2022

She won praise on Twitter for telling the government minister he “doesn’t get to edit Newsnight” after he’d suggested the host she couldn’t spend “entirety of your programme talking about” the reaction to the release of Sue Gray’s initial report into the Downing Street parties. 

Emma joined the Newsnight team in 2019 amid a reshuffle of presenting staff, which saw Emily Maitlis promoted to lead host following the departure of Evan Davis. 

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[news247worldpressposts]

#Breaking: @Emmabarnett and Ai Weiwei @Aiww discuss the status of Wiki-leaks founder Julian #Assange

#Breaking: @Emmabarnett and Ai Weiwei @Aiww discuss the status of Wiki-leaks founder Julian #Assange

https://twitter.com/Quicktake/status/1479513952975527943?s=20 Source: Twitter

[bristolforeurope]

"Caller to @Emmabarnett on BBC 5live just now. He & wife developed COVID symptoms weeks back, called 111 told was explicitly NOT to travel to family Called 111 again yday angry because of Cummings row & 111 say they stand by that & to ignore Cummings interpretation of the rules." https://twitter.com/CatrinNye/status/1265617460629250051 https://www.instagram.com/p/CAsT31RH8l8/?igshid=7rywh7t16q5c

[sexydeathparty]

'You Don’t Get To Edit Newsnight!' Minister Told In Car Crash Interview

A government minister struggled to defend Boris Johnson from the fallout of Sue Gray’s report in a car crash interview on Newsnight.

Business minister Paul Scully repeatedly clashed with presenter Emma Barnett over the findings in Gray’s partial report, which blamed “failures of leadership and judgment” in No.10 and the Cabinet Office for the partygate scandal that has rocked his government.

Johnson’s allies have been at pains to stress the faults in the No.10 operation when asked about the report, and have pointed to the prime minister’s pledge to “fix it” as a way to defend him.

But Barnett did not accept that the problem lay solely with No.10 and not Johnson — citing Gray’s words that there was a “failure of leadership”.

Nevertheless, Scully continued to say that No.10 was a “big organisation” before attempting to move the conversation on to the separate investigation by the Met Police into 12 events at Downing Street.

“I know it’s really frustrating — it’s frustrating for me, it’s frustrating for you in the media,” he said.

“I’m not frustated!” Barnett interjected.

“We just know that parties were happening at 10 Downing Street — we know it now.

“The prime minister has accepted it, Sue Gray has said it, and we know that was happening during lockdown.

“How can the prime minister expect the people of this country to trust him when there were parties going on in Downing Street where the man lived and worked?”

You won't see better scrutiny of politicians than @EmmaBarnett's demolishing of Tory Minister Paul Scully tonight. Outstanding journalism.#Newsnightpic.twitter.com/OHhcna3UbU

— Adam Schwarz (@AdamJSchwarz) January 31, 2022

Scully earned the biggest rebuke from Barnett when he tried to excuse rule breaking in No.10 by referencing the prime minister’s brush with Covid and the loss of his mother during the pandemic.

“Are you really going to use the fact that the prime minister nearly died, and other personal events in his life, to justify the fact that he either didn’t understand the rules or notice that people all around him where he lived and worked were partying?” she said.

“What I’m saying is if I came off my deathbed from Covid, I think I would have a pretty good handle on the need to abide by the rules,” Scully said.

“Clearly there was failing here, that’s why he’s apologised.

“We do need to make sure that we can move forward on to tackling the issues that people want to talk about.... we cannot spend two hours in parliament, the entirety of your programme talking about this while the government is doing many other things.”

“You don’t get to edit Newsnight,” Barnett shot back.

Barnett later won high praise from Twitter for her interviewing.

Remind me never to piss off @Emmabarnett. Paul Scully's going to need an op to stitch up the new arsehole she just tore him.

— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) January 31, 2022

They’ll play that clip of Paul Scully defending Boris Johnson on communication courses for years to come: How not to defend something you don’t believe in#BBCNewsnight

— Paul Johnson (@paul__johnson) January 31, 2022

Emma Barnett handing Paul Scully his arse. "You don't get to edit Newsnight." Awesome retort. #Newsnightpic.twitter.com/S2eNLoCYkl

— Chris (@Eggshen71) January 31, 2022

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[newbeltane]

Tweeted

Been watching/listening to news all day. Not a single journo has asked a single tory to justify being elected on the basis of an “oven-ready deal”, then changing before it went in the oven. Any chance @EvanHD @krishgm @mattfrei @BBCVickiYoung @maitlis @Emmabarnett @AnnaJonesSky? https://t.co/cF0gmYF5Db

— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) December 20, 2019

[ruseg]

Well done @Emmabarnett. It’s not about the photo, it’s about whether it was used to mislead the public into believing it was taken after the Boris row with his girlfriend and so give the impression they’d made up 🤷‍♀️#ToryLeadershipContest https://t.co/aSTAGIf8Sx

— Kay Burley (@KayBurley) June 26, 2019

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone and happy Christmas Eve Eve! All I can say is thank goodness for taking photos in advance!! I had an injury on holiday but luckily I had prepared a few pics before I went away. This photo represents my favourite colour - hmm what could it be? It was inspired by a post that @book.lovers21 did so thank you so much to them. The books are: Sharks In The Time Of Saviours by Kawai Strong Washburn Not That Kind Of Girl by Lena Dunham The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle by Neil Blackmore Ghosts by Dolly Alderton Period by Emma Barnett Women On Top Of The World by Lucy-Anne Holmes Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked The World by Pénélope Bagieu Out of this little haul, I’ve only read Sharks 🙈 which is on my favourites shelf. However (as always 😂), I hope to get to some of the others quite soon! Also pictured is my @yankeecandle in the scent Sugared Blossom which was a gift from @chrissireads and a @sanctuaryspa candle in Pink Grapefruit and Neroli which was a gift from my brother and sister in law. On top of the books is my bibliobeth mug which I adore but has been too many times through the dishwasher 😂 and my favourite crystal - rose quartz of course! I’d love to see your post telling me what your favourite colour is so I’m tagging @always_need_more_books @smeets_x and @lovedreadingthis but no pressure as always 😊 Also, let me know if you’ve read any of the books and we can chat in the comments! #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramchallenge #pinktomaketheboyswink #favouritecolour #yankeecandlesugaredblossom #sanctuaryspacandle #booksandcandles #sharksinthetimeofsaviours #kawaistrongwashburn #notthatkindofgirl #lenadunham #theintoxicatingmrlavelle #neilblackmore #ghosts #dollyalderton #period #emmabarnett #womenontopoftheworld #lucyanneholmes #brazenrebelladieswhorockedtheworld #penelopebagieu #pinkbookstack https://www.instagram.com/p/CX0xkh_gJFO/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thesociologicalcinema]

Should people with learning disabilities be allowed to work for less than the minimum wage? ~ @Emmabarnett Alternate phrasing of this question: should employers be allowed to exploit some of society's most vulnerable people? ~ @stavvers

[lollipoplollipopoh]

BBCNews (May 20, 2018 at 02:37PM)

.@BarryGardiner says he was trying to "advance thinking" after @emmabarnett asked him if he stands by remarks that people have "played up the issue of the Irish border" #Brexit https://t.co/TkKuf2xSJV #marr https://t.co/bjV874MTHv - From Twitter

[newsonnews]

Emma Barnett to Host BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour

#BREAKING: #EmmaBarnett will be the main host of #BBCRadio4’s Woman’s Hour from January 2021. She is currently the host of her eponymous award-winning BBC Radio #5Live show and part of the presenting line up of #Newsnight.

Emma Barnett will be the main host of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour from January 2021. She is currently the host of her eponymous award-winning BBC Radio 5 Live show and part of the presenting line up of Newsnight.

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[natashakundi]

Tweeted

@Emmabarnett https://t.co/SrrFtLcYYK

— Natasha Kundi نتاشا کُندی (@NatashaKLondon) August 26, 2020