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Retired lab tech and four times Covid champion-Don't get the bug-Get vaccinated!

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The fact that #r4today isn’t discussing this demonstrates the double standards of the BBC. If this had been a Labour/LibDem MP suggesting someone be shot, do you think this would be reported by them, let alone allowing the head of the Party to excuse it? #ReformUK #SimonEvans

25.02.2026 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

The State of the Union: the president is a corrupt demented sex criminal who tried to overthrow the constitution.

25.02.2026 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 16716    πŸ” 3547    πŸ’¬ 470    πŸ“Œ 149

This. We have to fight. That means hit the streets on No Kings Days (plural), postcards to voters, and 5calls.org, plus talking to everyone we know. Donating when we can.

25.02.2026 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just listened to the headlines on #r4today and notice it is being presented again by two Murdoch columnists who don't announce that they have an obvious conflict of interest in being paid by a foreign billionaire while posing as objective journalists.

25.02.2026 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Me too!

24.02.2026 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How did #BBCPM cover Biden's State Of The Union addresses?

Did they invite a "friend of the president" to explan his thinking?

Did they take any notice of it?

24.02.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Strange Death of Vincent Foster - Wikipedia

Any news show that takes this conspiracy theorist seriously isn't worth listening to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Str... Apparently #bbcpm and Evan Davis simply don't care that they are giving a platform to a man whose career was founded on making money by lying about a tragedy.

24.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mr Jordan is a man without any principles, any moral backbone, any shred of human decency-The perfect modern Republican.

24.02.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

'Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others'.

24.02.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Issues New Threat To Countries That Abide By 'Ridiculous Supreme Court' Ruling President Donald Trump issued a warning to "any country" that tried to use the Supreme Court's recent decision to buck his tariffs.

Could Justin Webb let us mere mortals know if this is yet another example of Trump 'making America normal again'? crooksandliars.com/2026/02/trum... #Americast #r4today

24.02.2026 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Endurancelife Northumberland 2026 | Results

Blowing own trumpet but winning my category (Veteran 65 Male) in the Northumberland 10k trail run made me feel damn good. www.endurancelife.com/results/nort... I've never run over rocks, sand, seawater and kelp before and at the age of 68 might never again! Congrats as well to the organisers.

24.02.2026 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The closing paragraph of 'he expressed his gratitude by donating $1m to Trump’s Make America Great Again Inc Super Pac' says everything about the amoral nature of Trump, his administration and everybody associated with it.

24.02.2026 07:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If the recent arrests are part of a trend of holding important people in the UK to be responsible for their actions I for one will hold up my hands and say 'I was wrong'. If it bucks the way things have been for over 60 years I'm happy to eat humble pie! #r4today

24.02.2026 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

'Sufficient right to reply' is just another way of Palantir saying 'Shut the f*** up'. #r4today (My mother is long gone but she still hangs over my shoulder when I'm typing!).

23.02.2026 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's more than one real issue in the Epstein affair. Some of the political, business, financial cases might actually end in convictions. The women who were girls at the time might get no justice, because their experiences just aren't documented. Most of the richest men will escape.

#R4Today

23.02.2026 06:49 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump warns Netflix of β€˜consequences’ unless it pulls top Democrat from board US president calls for removal of Susan Rice as streaming platform pursues takeover of Warner Bros Discovery

All the people on the right who have for years screamed 'Cancel culture!' are now oddly silent about things like this www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f... They were never concerned about freedom but instead about imposing their views on everybody else #r4today #Americast

22.02.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Americast - Who is Tucker Carlson and what does he tell us about the future of MAGA? - BBC Sounds And what does MAGA look like post-Trump?

If Mr Zurcher or Mr Webb were on the other end of Tucker Carlson's racist conspiracy theories and it was their lives being turned upside down by the Trump administration perhaps they wouldn't find such things amusing. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #Americast

22.02.2026 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

A number of months ago, many Americans onlineβ€”myself includedβ€”began telling foreign nationals to stop coming to the United States (for now) for their own safety. The events described below are exactly why.

Stay away from America, friends. Don't come here.

22.02.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 965    πŸ” 404    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 25
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Woman Who β€˜Credibly Accused’ Trump of Sex With a Minor Reportedly Had Her Records Removed From Epstein Files Accusations by a woman who "credibly accused Donald Trump of having sex with a minor he met through Jeffrey Epstein," were reportedly removed from the files.

"The FBI spoke to this woman not once but at least four separate times. Now those records appear to have been removed from public viewing β€” despite the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The FBI recorded the first interview on August 9, 2019 β€” the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell."

22.02.2026 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 392    πŸ” 262    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 5
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Tories vow cuts to student loan interest repayments Kemi Badenoch says graduates feel 'stitched up' as she promises to cut Plan 2 loan interest charges.

The fact this ridiculous 'policy', which *cannot* ever take effect, has not been laughed out of court already... well, it just shows the fecklessness and ignorance of our policymaking communities and of the coverage. I'd be embarrassed to even draw this on a Post-It.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

22.02.2026 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

What refund can a UK business hope to get from the US treasury? They won't have paid any tariffs.

#BBCPM

21.02.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sure the Sunday morning politics shows can’t wait to raise this with Reform UK's Treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick when he does the interview round in the morning

21.02.2026 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 245    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 5

One presumes that Justin Webb thinks that this gibberish is an example of Trump 'making America normal again'. #Americast

21.02.2026 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to all involved in the Northumberland races out of Bamburgh today. This old bloke only managed to do the 10k but 3145 takes his hat off to everyone running and to those who made it possible. #Bamburgh

21.02.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone tell that idiot about absolute zero! #r4today

21.02.2026 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

Little surprises me nowadays. But this story still managed to shock me.

21.02.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 209    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 10
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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

21.02.2026 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7183    πŸ” 4183    πŸ’¬ 251    πŸ“Œ 630

Could Justin Webb let us know if this woman's ordeal is part of Trump 'making America normal again'. #r4today #Americast

21.02.2026 07:25 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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BBC bosses don't seem to care
their right-wing bias is getting
dangerously close to election criminality

"The Green Party have slated the BBC after it handed Reform UK their third Question Time slot in a row the week before a crucial by-election in England"
via The National Newspaper

20.02.2026 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 682    πŸ” 369    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 25

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