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John Rentoul

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Chief Political Commentator, The Independent; visiting professor, King’s College London. Author with Jon Davis, Heroes or Villains? The Blair Govt Reconsidered

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1Dec 27, '22Tory backbencher of the year, voted by @ConHome panel of party members, unprompted: Lee Anderson 54 Boris Johnson 35 Jacob Rees-Mogg 32 Theresa May 29 John Redwood 29 Graham Brady 37.5×789k1.7k31114
2Oct 6, '25From the FT24.2×508k1.5k594148
3Sep 5, '24GB Energy Bill passed by 348 to 95, govt majority 25322.9×482k3.8k24477
4Apr 24, '23Just 3½ years ago, Keir Starmer campaigned to make Diane Abbott home sec15.6×327k2.3k5108
5Apr 17, '24The hounding of Angela Rayner is an outrageous declaration of class war15.5×326k1.8k36731
6Sep 19, '25Shortly, Rachel Reeves is going to take more money from you. This is because the Tories left the public finances in a disgraceful state.15.3×322k1.1k17631
7Oct 20, '20Greater Manchester to leave the UK without a deal15.1×017k2.2k15
8Nov 30, '23This is gracious by George Osborne on Alistair Darling14.2×298k1.9k25255
9Dec 17, '24Congratulations to Liz Kendall for resisting the unjustified demands of Waspi women for pensions compensation14.1×296k1.2k7349
10Jul 17, '25Reminder to those arguing for votes at 16: you have to explain why voting is *different* from everything else, not why it should be the same... You can’t marry, serve in a combat r13.7×289k1.8k27343
11Feb 12, '25Late fact-check: PM said the decision in Gaza via Ukraine case was “taken under the last govt – under the legal framework of the last govt”; the decision was published 28 Jan this 13.4×283k1.1k33842
12Oct 20, '19"It's like saying 'I want to get childbirth done so I can get back to lots of sleep and reading lots of novels':" @helenlewis on delusion of "Get Brexit Done" #Marr13.3×012k3.4k56
13Apr 27, '25Undignified and a mistake for Badenoch to use this language re PM: “ There are lots of things he says at PMQs that are not true. I can’t say that he’s lying there, but I can say it12.5×262k1.4k25050
14Sep 26, '22The restraint required by @RishiSunak not to tweet, “told you so,” is superhuman11.1×013k1.3k51
15May 25, '24You cannot "serve" in a combat role until 1810.8×227k1.1k11913
16Aug 6, '21A personal apology to @Jon_Trickett. Please retweet10.1×03.1k3.6k71
17Jun 15, '24Spectacular photo of John Curtice from 19928.5×178k1k10748
18Aug 13, '25Tony Blair, A Journey, 2010, p2058.3×175k1.4k243468
19Nov 1, '19PM not wearing a seatbelt: fixed penalty notice and a £100 fine7.2×06.7k1.5k18
20May 24, '24Harriet Harman’s farewell speech: I have spoken in this chamber 9,880 times, but when you realise the PM was only 2 years old when you were 1st elected you realise it is time to mo7.0×147k3.3k17860
21Jan 3, '19Hilarious joke from my “Best for Britain” Christmas cracker6.5×05.5k1.8k17
22Sep 25, '25Tony Blair bumps into Rishi Sunak (and James Forsyth) walking past Trump Tower in NYC 22 Sep6.4×134k1.1k71203
23Oct 25, '22This clip is damaging to Sunak and strongly viral: he needs to deal with it6.4×03.5k2.5k109
24Nov 5, '25David Lammy’s first PMQs as deputy prime minister was nothing short of disastrous6.2×131k4.1k53336
25Sep 12, '25Clive Lewis the first to go over the top6.0×126k1.5k31089
26Apr 7, '20I hope we don't have an inquiry when this is over. If there are lessons to be learned, fine; but if there is just blame to be spread, forget it5.9×01.7k23042
27May 6, '23Happy birthday to Tony Blair, 70, the only Labour leader to win a sustainable parliamentary majority since 19665.6×118k1k1166
28Jan 8, '25Tory wrecking amendment defeated by 364 votes to 1115.5×115k1.1k15311
29Sep 22, '22A Labour former special adviser tells me they think, given the state of the economy, Truss will be out by March5.3×04.3k50628
30Aug 29, '25It’s garbage – the Dublin agreement didn’t work; small boats were discovered after better scanning of lorries, nothing to do with Brexit5.2×109k1.4k27641
31Jul 29, '25“We just can’t afford for people to come here who can’t support themselves. And if they are already here, they must not be able to go on benefits. Instead, they will have to leave.5.0×106k1.7k226137
32Sep 21, '24Keir Starmer had a plan to win the election, but no plan for government. Me for @Independent Free to read🔓5.0×105k1.1k27347
33Jun 2, '25Responding to legitimate & indirect criticism with personal insult is low4.6×97k1.6k14921
34May 4, '23"President Salmond or President Blair would be a nightmare, so let's raise a glass to King Charles"4.3×91k1.1k1022
35Sep 20, '24Peter Brookes, The Times4.2×89k2.4k59342
36Jun 6, '14In five years' time, we will have forgotten who Nigel Farage was.4.1×0995375174
37Nov 13, '24World exclusive: Donald Trump seeks to veto Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal – @DavidPBMaddox4.0×85k2.2k34218
38Oct 1, '25Surprised by PM repeating Ed Davey's bogus analysis: boats are nothing to do with Brexit; & the Dublin convention never worked3.9×83k1.1k28825
39Nov 19, '24Fancy dress day in Westminster: I’ve never seen so many Tory MPs dressed up as farmers3.8×81k2.8k33011
41Jun 29, '25It was unwise of PM to say he “deeply regrets” the “island of strangers” phrase – & even more so to admit that he doesn’t always read his speeches before delivering them3.7×77k1.4k26640
42Sep 13, '24Tory party is sending localised attacks to supporters in constituencies of Labour MPs who voted to cut winter fuel payments3.6×76k1.6k63418
43Jul 18, '25Congratulations to Claire Coutinho for the worst argument for or against (against in this case) votes at 163.5×73k1.1k8039
44Dec 2, '18Would watch. Channel 4 plots Boris Johnson v Tony Blair debate on Brexit3.3×02.5k6147
45Jan 3, '22What your Twitter timeline would have looked like 10 years ago, if you followed same people you do now (& click Latest)3.2×01.3k575668
46Oct 29, '25Who remembers Keir Starmer accusing Rishi Sunak of “lies” when he said Labour would put up taxes by £2k?3.2×67k1.4k31228
47May 20, '20MPs have just voted by 350 to 258, govt majority 92, to discontinue remote participation in Commons on 2 June3.1×01.7k47612
49Jan 14, '22The suitcase of booze is one of those images that is instantly historic; Boris Johnson's govt will be remembered for it3.1×03.5k40610
50Dec 1, '19Boris Johnson trying to confuse automatic early release (Labour, 2008) with the end of indeterminate sentences (Con, 2012) #Marr3.0×02k98914
51Oct 11, '24Starmer should say: “If you’re a bad employer, we don’t want your money”2.8×60k1.2k2047
52Dec 2, '19This isn’t politics. This is a liquidation sale2.8×02.3k5653
53Mar 24, '22And that's it. At 11.48 the Speaker announced the Dissolution and Calling of Parliaments Act has received the royal assent. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act is dead2.7×02.1k57843
54Sep 14, '19Good letter from Jonathan Powell in today's Times2.6×01.8k82144
55Oct 23, '22Sunak 7 away from 155, the number that would make it impossible for more than one other candidate to be nominated2.6×02.6k36426
56Mar 10, '21I don’t remember many people suggesting govt should spend less on Test & Trace at the time2.5×09841325
57Jan 15, '21Blair, now speaking at Chatham House, says what Starmer cannot2.4×02.2k38752
58Sep 5, '21For once “extraordinary” is right: anonymous cabinet minister in Sunday Telegraph2.4×01.9k61727
59May 11, '20What the SNP really wants: close the border with England2.3×01k2858
60Jan 29, '22First candidate to declare2.3×01.9k32625
61Nov 17, '22“We will hunt them down,” says Rachel Reeves of covid fraudsters. “We want our money back”2.3×02.1k4252
62Feb 27, '18Liam Fox in favour of a customs union from 2012 is still up on his website HT @MarleyAMorris2.2×09639801
63Jun 24, '22To be brutal, Labour’s win in Wakefield by-election was not good enough to put Keir Starmer on course to win next general election2.2×01.8k3509
64Jun 6, '16Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti on why he won't take Republican Party ads2.1×01.2k9500
65Dec 18, '18Remain 59%, Leave on govt's deal 41%; "certain to vote" only: Remain 63%, Leave 37% @YouGov via Peter Kellner2.0×09848084
66Nov 30, '21Lee Anderson, Con MP, indicating how many Lab MPs have gone to jail, heckling Anneliese Dodds's speech on parliamentary standards2.0×01.9k37114
67Aug 25, '19Baffled that Channel 4 should have expected someone its head of news called a liar to give it an interview1.9×01.6k3192
69Oct 29, '18Historical note. In 1947 bread, potatoes and petrol were rationed. What we had after 2008 was not "austerity"1.9×09413053
70Dec 25, '21Keir Starmer held his nerve and has eclipsed Boris Johnson as the year ends. Me for ⁦@Independent⁩1.7×01.4k20117
71May 12, '22In almost any other country, the governing party would be in deep trouble1.7×01.2k31711
72Dec 20, '24Trump team aide calls new UK ambassador Lord Mandelson a ‘moron’1.7×35k1.5k30610
73Apr 8, '21Remarkable endorsement of AZ by sister of man who died of blood clot via @alexwickham1.6×01.5k36516
74Jan 17, '22Poll of Tory party members by @OpiniumResearch: 25% say Johnson must go; 63% say stay1.6×01.3k2793
75May 6, '18Happy 65th birthday to Tony Blair, only Labour leader to win a sustainable parliamentary majority since 19661.6×01k2961
76Mar 2, '22John McDonnell’s views have not changed, and 27 months ago Keir Starmer campaigned for him to be chancellor1.6×01.4k3292
77Oct 21, '22A period of silence on the part of anyone who thought Liz Truss was the right choice as PM would be welcome1.6×01.7k1773
78Nov 26, '19The Waspi section of that interview was quite the worst performance by a front line politician I’ve ever seen1.6×01.4k3314
79Jun 12, '19Step one: ditch the single use plastic wrapper1.6×01.6k2741
80Nov 22, '19Simply can't understand why it's proved hard to arrange TV debate on channel whose head of news called PM a "known liar"1.5×01.2k3041
81May 23, '20Starmer +30 overtakes Johnson +6 in net approval rating @OpiniumResearch (Starmer 47% approve, 17% disapprove; Johnson 45%, 39%)1.4×01.1k3305
82Dec 19, '21The rules about meeting only one person from another household outside were absurd, but Boris Johnson made them law1.4×01.4k2125
83Apr 6, '22This is quite witty from Labour1.4×01.3k28422
84Nov 15, '20Yet again I'm sorry if = not an apology I'm sorry that = an apology1.4×01.3k2007
85Apr 24, '19"Losing is all that Brexit can ever be": just outstanding by @tompeck on Farage in Clacton1.3×091740019
86Jun 20, '18Hilary Benn mocks Grieve's climbdown: if future generations ask us, what did you do, we can say, "I took note"1.3×09213981
87Jul 28, '22Striking bit about identity politics from Lisa Nandy1.2×01.2k16936
88Nov 23, '21Starmer turned up to the CBI yesterday 3 hours early and rehearsed his speech in full twice: @Peston1.2×083525715
89Jan 13, '21Donald Trump is going to jail, isn’t he?1.2×0852432
90Jul 18, '22Boris Johnson rallies Tory benches, but warns them: “I will have more to say about the events of the last few weeks and months in due course”1.2×01.1k2112
91Aug 7, '18If Boris Johnson had the Conservative whip removed, he wouldn’t be able to stand for the leadership1.2×09172890
92Apr 18, '22What are the “circumstances” of this incident that mean no further action is necessary?1.2×09692235
94May 28, '21David Gauke has become a brilliant commentator on politics: here on the “crackers” choice between Johnson & Corbyn1.2×01.1k21525
95Oct 17, '19This is a bad argument. If you can’t make case for workers rights in our parliament you shouldn’t rely on divine intervention from Brussels1.1×09732081
96Apr 10, '22Number of Tory leaders who didn't become PM... Before Blair (163 years): 0* During Blair (10 years): 3 After Blair (15 years): 01.0×098814145
97Jul 13, '19I've never seen a parody account with a blue tick before0.9×01k1240
100Jan 1, '22Tony Blair’s knighthood means he is no longer persona non garter0.8×0945592
101Oct 13Find someone who looks at you the way Miatta Fahnbulleh etc etc0.8×17k2331421

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