David Cole

Justin wanders into Cosmology and dissolves into the silence between stars... #r4today

As soon as workers realise that the EU will protect their own and that they were played like a flute by Farage on Brexit... the better - for everyone...
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Labour purged the left. Tories purged the “One Nation” centre. Reform UK didn’t fill a vacuum.
When both parties torch their roots, don’t be surprised when the populists plant flags in the ashes.
#r4today

The TCA lets UK steel into the EU - but only within quota limits. We left the room where those quotas are decided by leaving the EU, gave up our vote, and now some want a trade war to justify leaving. 80% of our steel still goes to the EU. You couldn’t script it worse.
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Labour purged the left. Tories purged the “One Nation” centre. Reform UK didn’t fill a vacuum.
When both parties torch their roots, don’t be surprised when the populists plant flags in the ashes.
#r4today

Thatcher swung the axe. Brexit promised freedom - but now we’re outside the EU, begging Brussels for steel quotas. Why? Because 80% of UK steel exports still go to the EU. Sovereignty never looked so dependent.
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“Complicated” and an "epoch-defining challenge" said the previous Conservative government of China.
So complicated and challenging, we can’t prosecute suspected spies or define threats...
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Some commentators say Reform UK isn’t really far right - because, hey, Tommy Robinson exists. Oddly enough, these same pundits have no trouble defending a Middle Eastern government run by an actual far-right coalition. #r4today #bbcbreakfast

Some commentators say Reform UK isn’t really far right - because, hey, Tommy Robinson exists. Oddly enough, these same pundits have no trouble defending a Middle Eastern government run by an actual far-right coalition. #r4today #bbcbreakfast

Trump says don't take this... might cause autism... but do take that... might cure it? Is that right?
#r4today

Not sure we should be taking pharmaceutical advice from someone who appeared to endorse disinfectant injection as a treatment for Covid...
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Countries that have recently recognised Palestine:
UK
Canada
Australia
France
Portugal
Norway
Ireland
Spain
Jamaica
Barbados
Bahamas
Armenia
Slovenia
Mexico
#r4today #bbcpm #wato

All River Tees seal pups died this year, conservationists say Monitors say the 21 seal pups spotted at the Tees estuary this year died, mainly from mouth rot.

Seal Sands in Teesside:
"All of estuary's newborn seal pups found dead"
#r4today #BBCBreakfast
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Promises of £150bn in investment & thousands of jobs are welcome, but the rapid decline of UK jobs in the oil, gas, & petrochemical industries continues. Workers are being made redundant, & the new US-UK trade deal does little to reverse the damage in these & connected sectors.
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People often say the UK is politically distinct from the US, yet the way we avoid meaningful debate feels eerily similar to the atmosphere before Trump’s latest presidency... #r4today

Trump pins the blame on “The Radical Left,” and #r4today echoes his words without scrutiny - meanwhile, the shooter remains unidentified...

Anyone claiming that they followed "due process" before placing Mandelson in position must now expect some serious questioning.
If Epstein is part of the social circle, then the moral compass isn’t broken - it’s buried.
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Trump pins the blame on “The Radical Left,” and #r4today echoes his words without scrutiny - meanwhile, the shooter remains unidentified...

Following that PMQs, a Starmer recommendation feels less like an endorsement & more like a red flag.
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Jeremy Bowen:-

"you can, I think, quite convincingly argue right now that not only has he (Trump) been played by President Putin, he's also been played by Prime Minister Netanyahu..."

#r4today

"Land of Hope & Glory!" - Where murals are hidden, truth gets redacted, & history rewrites itself between breakfast & the weather report...
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#LastNightOfTheProms 🎻

Trump’s sketch never existed - until it did. Banksy’s mural did exist - until it didn’t...
In the age of post-truth, existence is just a matter of convenience.
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Amol Rajan on #r4today -
"as attention spans shrink & IQs fall, we ask are we living in a golden age of stupidity?"

Meanwhile, Farage lies to Congress about banning journalists, and the BBC nods along...
#bbcbreakfast

The BBC reports on Ukraine and Gaza to ensure it’s not on the wrong side of history. But when it comes to Farage, it drops the scrutiny and amplifies the spin. No probing questions. No challenge. Just a platform.
#R4Today

Jeremy Bowen’s war-hardened calm is legendary but Gaza’s chaos has him sounding like a man who’s just seen the rules of conflict rewritten in a world in which few are listening... #R4Today

Listening to Radio 4 Today and getting that nagging feeling… not that I’m missing something, but that they are... #r4today

Multi-billionaires launching vanity rockets while Rome burns. Inequality’s not just economic—it’s orbital. #r4today

UK Gilts panic! Meanwhile, wealth taxes on land and property would expose asset hoarders dodging fair contributions. #r4today

From "a hostile environment" to "taking back control" to "stopping the boats" to "smashing the gangs" to "ground-breaking" to Chris Phelps defending the Rwanda scheme as "ready to go"... no wonder people shake their heads...
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The adjective "groundbreaking" for this new "one-in-one-out" immigration pilot scheme is doing some very heavy lifting here... #r4today #BBCBreakfast