9. 2014 interviewing then First Minister Salmond in the week Yes took the lead, three weeks ahead of the indyref - trying to get some answers on his plans for Scottish currency - he turns on me says I’m trying to impersonate Alistair Darlinghttps://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=--68wMD2XbI …
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8. December 2014 We debuted
@SkyData concept to track how, ahead of the Rochester by election, Mondeo Man was turning to Ukip, an immediate problem for the Conservatives, but actually a bigger problem for what should have been Labour targetshttps://news.sky.com/story/parties-on-the-run-as-ukip-woos-mondeo-man-10382283 …5 replies 19 retweets 110 likesShow this thread -
7. 2015: Stand Up Be Counted - brilliant Sky News Youth engagement campaign that culminated in young people questioning Cameron, Miliband et al ahead of GE2015. Cameron session was particularly tough - brilliant questioning on Saudi Arabia. Tampon tax ethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IkL1n-XarA …
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6. 2017: Hosting Theresa May & Jeremy Corbyn live alongside Paxman at Sky HQ for the first live election TV special - provided some clues as to what was about to happen:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1mN_zZqlQts …
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5. 2017: Eve of election forced to try to predict the result by the wonderful @AnnaBottingsky https://news.sky.com/story/two-horse-race-with-flawed-leaders-nears-its-end-10906893 …https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/887090561257222145?s=20 …
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4. Brexit Forensics Lots of leaks from flabbergasted people in Whitehall, and in industry about Brexit preps, and an inter Cabinet memo on N Ireland:https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/991605802019540994?s=20 …
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Faisal IslamVerified account @faisalislamCheck out our#Brexitforensics films, stories, long reads from fishing, to pharma, Channel Tunnel to a nuclear reactor, gagging clauses, to the secret “throw open the borders plan”, leaks of car industry bewilderment, Aviation red lines, and Welsh lambs: https://news.sky.com/brexit-forensics …2 replies 24 retweets 81 likesShow this thread -
3. Cameron EU referendum “In or Out” Live interview - I was quite surprised when audience started laughing at him, but one dimensional Fear campaigns already stopped working - eg at London Mayoralshttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0BFSJRH1q-A&t=1519s …
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2. Gove EU referendum interview when he correctly identified that the public at that point had had enough of experts...https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t8D8AoC-5i8&t=1419s …
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1. There is no plan. It’s aged well since June 2016. The amazing Anna Botting cut to a break afterwards, and off camera slammed her forehead against the desk.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GTH3uozfHMM …
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And here is my farewell piece on past 5 years for the
@skynews website... Special thanks to@danskywilliams@lucyplint@esmewren@amberdebotton@zachjourno @RealCoote@LizLaneSky@EmilyPurser@SkyNewsHead & Jon Levyhttps://news.sky.com/story/faisal-islam-a-front-row-seat-in-a-roller-coaster-of-mutating-political-crises-11691196 …48 replies 100 retweets 439 likesShow this thread
Congrats, Faisal... and good luck in the new job!
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He will fit right in with the other lefties at channel 4.
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