James Mates

Europe Editor, ITV News. [email protected]

[James Mates @jamesmatesitv]

@ColinBrazierTV A unanimous judgement by 11 of the most senior judges in the land. It seems there may have been something more than a brooch going on here

[James Mates @jamesmatesitv]

@StuartBudd1 @duncan_morrow @pmdfoster I think the U.K. commitment to European Defence is exercised through NATO. But I didn’t mention the UK, you did. Ireland’s defence spending is shamed by every European country.

[James Mates @jamesmatesitv]

@obrien_jonathan It means 0.2% of GDP I guess

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

And then, not long from now, the people making noise about this will ask: Why do we have such poor politicians? Why is it only weirdos want to go into it nowadays? And part of the answer is because you make it impossible for any normal person to do so.

[Robert Saunders @redhistorian]

Listening to the Nick Robinson/Rachel Reeves interview on #r4today, I just think this model has reached the end of the road.

15 minutes of one person laying traps, the other person avoiding them, and a "scorecard" at the end. I can't think of a thing I'd learned by the close.

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

I think about this cartoon a lot.

[James Mates @jamesmatesitv]

@johncraggsactor @RebeccaCaine That’s gorgeous John

[James Mates @jamesmatesitv]

Seems quite inexplicable. I'm not sure any organisation has been more straightforward and less partisan in clearing the thickets around the European debate

[Anand Menon @anandMenon1]

End of an era. Gutted to have to announce this today. Proud of what @UKandEU has achieved and very grateful to all those who have worked with us https://t.co/0pIen8RWzQ

[James Mates @jamesmatesitv]

@RDG_C I'm fine thank you Richard! Nothing beyond the usual stresses of live TV, but I greatly appreciate your concern.

[James Mates @jamesmatesitv]

@BMeiselas @NickCohen4 War starts: 24 Feb 2022
Nordstream bombed 26 Sept 2022
“Sparked this war” 🤣

[James Mates @jamesmatesitv]

@garethoconnor Been standard with airlines and hotels for decades

[James Mates @jamesmatesitv]

@ByronYork ‘Was’ here could be being used as a subjunctive rather than a past tense. Technically ‘were’ would have been correct, but ‘was’ here has become fairly common usage.

[Rory Peck Trust @rorypecktrust]

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[Andy Bell @andybell5news]

She’s only in the Olympic final #TeamGeorgiaBell #ProudDad

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

The Telegraph is aware of an image circulating on X which purports to be a Telegraph article about 'emergency detainment camps'.

No such article has ever been published by the Telegraph.

[Richard Osman @richardosman]

This is well worth a read this morning.

[James Mates @jamesmatesitv]

@NickCohen4 There’s a second side to this: the interpretation (in papers as well) of any non-committal answer as “Minister refuses to rule out tax rises”. Just as damaging, I would argue.

[Vlad Vexler @VladVexler]

Know the difference between Soviet and Russian Propaganda: