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But he can never apologise for shitposting or he'll lose all respect from his core vote

So almost this entire #newsnight is devoted to this? As Count Binface said this is just a souped up podcast at this point.

I understand, but I think James is right, a breezy sorry might have killed it off.

It takes a special kind of politician to hand the moral high ground to Farage.

Bit of an own goal by Fartrage imo as it’s put @zackpolanski.bsky.social back in the attention of the legacy media … no bad thing - as everyone with more than 2 brain 🧠 cells knows it’s a pile of 🩲

I mean it's not like he has done this before....

Just a bad, bad interview for him

Ah, so it's an Insta thing which remains well outside my bailiwick tbh!

Something to do with the app and how it works. Ask a young person. Not Polanski.

It's also kinda funny how willing he is to do big media rounds when he's in these situations. Like most of the public won't care about this. Why are you giving it legs, especially if you're not going to apologise

He's odd. I doubt if he'll be the Greens' leader in a year's time. They have a history - brain fog Natalie Bennett; royal family lizards David Icke; strange bloke Edward Goldsmith.

It feels like it comes from a weird ego thing, he thinks his intention trumps everything else

Whereas instead, he’s got Nick “I’ve just been messaged by a senior source” Watt reading out tweets supposedly from Nigel Farage, live on air, with no chance of any debate or come back. Polanski might be stupid, but Newsnight is just … URGH.

Obviously NOBODY IN THE WORLD thinks he did it on purpose

"Of course, happy to apologise, but I doubt Farage actually wants an apology, this is clearly a political stunt to deflect from xyz, and shows the hypocrisy due to Lucy Connolly etc etc" Give the apology then turn into an attack on his territory

Agreed, he just dug the hole he is in deeper and deeper.

There is a daft idea that has been around for as long as I can remember that to apologise is weak. Added to that, and lawyers will say it is setting yourself up to being sued. One way or another, this idiotic position in entrenched in many reactions.

There's always the non-apology alternative too, "I'm sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings by mistake". Not a big fan of those, but might work if you're not actually sorry and want to stay authentic.

it's tricky, isn't it? but why should he fall into the trap of 'forced to apologise' headlines? anyhow, I don't think #Newsnight served the public on this. Polanski managed (just about) not to rant. but where was any request for an apology from Reform UK for false reporting?