For those interested [I’m NOT!] Nick Robinson’s pudcast Political Tinkering with the Badenoch, ‘shooting from the hip’ … & missing the point #R4Today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Always thought Political Thinking was an interview series looking at the biographical events that shapes an individual’s politics, not an opportunity to trash everyone not agreeing with you How many run-ups has Badenoch been given to get her political thinking across? Shoddy journalism #r4Today

Did I hear right … #R4Today will be going live to uncle Terry? Will that be the 8:10 interview?

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There’s always a life of crime George? I’m told it doesn’t pay of course … but the hours a pretty good #TheArchers

There’s gonna be a few search engine histories hard to explain when PC Burns returns to. Ambridge #beaverwatch #thearchers

we reported after Rayner's departure that employment rights bill would be watered down, and ministers denied it over and over again: here is the first new major compromise: www.ft.com/content/3391...

Kamala Harris, not ‘Karmala’ & ‘Trump’ should also read ‘Orangeutan in Chief’, of course Apologies #R4today

Which Nick Robinson will be interviewing Rachel Reeves on #r4today - the journalist, or the Tory campaigner?

Great listening to Chris Packham on #r4today Looks like I’m going to have to break my personal ban on listening to BBC podcasts (you’ve FOURTEEN DAB channels BBC!!) & listen to Amol’s Radicals [hangs head in despair]

The more I hear the Tories hysterical “Hell in a handcart” assessment of the Labour’s handling of the economy, the more I suspect they’ve been waiting for about 14years for the chance to say it #r4today #BREXIT

If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.

Nice of Ed Davey to pop in to #r4today studio to ask what Nick Robinson thinks of LibDem tax policy.

Reeves “the wurst chancellor evure!!” Tory response is calm & measured as expected #R4Today

This is a pedantic exchange over a ridiculous technicality Evan: Nat Ins will increase but only if your wages increase Move on please #bbcpm

‘Hitting people with income from elsewhere’ Think the easier phrase to use would be ‘wealth taxes’? #bbcpm

Other news #bbcpm ? Starmer says ReformUK leader’s explanations about alleged comments are ‘unconvincing to say the least’ & calls on Farage to apologise to his alleged victims of racial abuse

Sorry, where was Nat Insurance raised today? #bbcpm

Oouch! “PLEASE LEAVE THE CHAMBER QUIETLY” the deputy speaker shouts as the leader of the opposition gets up to speak Everyone’s a critic, hey Badenoch? #wato #politicslive

3p/mile for Electric, 1.5p/mile for hybrids Insane way to penalise rural dwellers who, almost certainly have no reliable alternative public transport option These are the very people we need to encourage to switch (town & city folk can take the bloody train) #wato #politicslive

All true & well #wato to point out that the overall tax burden has gone up since the pandemic But that only confirms that not only are we going to be paying for the pandemic for decades, but how the Tories were running a funding (tax) shortfall despite austerity: Bloody shameful!

Rachel Reeves enjoying herself [Glad somebody is!] #wato #Budget25

& The coveted #R4today 8:10 interview slot goes to ….. BBC journos Chris Mason & Faisal Islam I’m no expert (obviously) but if it was my government I’d want a senior spokesperson on to set the tone for the day Hard to get my head around just how poor this Labour lot are at communication

Er … Men are drawn socially to male posturing & language? Women wanting their posts to be shared more by men adopt male posturing & language? Not sure how surprised we should be to this revelation #r4Today #brocoding

Rachel Reeves’ high-stakes #budget in five [depressing] charts Tax & spending plans shaped by weak productivity, high borrowing costs & cost of living crisis #R4Today

£20bn of that blackhole still left to fill … find But which of the Tory rags characterised today’s efforts to tackle the cost of living crisis as a ‘benefits budget’? Delightful! #R4Today

Rachel Reeves has decided not to cut value added tax on domestic energy bills in the Budget but is still pressing ahead with a package of support for household energy costs, including changes to green levies on electricity. www.ft.com/content/82f0...

What on earth has happened to the BBC? #Newsnight Reith lecturer, Rutger Bregman accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump as the ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’

Anyone know if Mel Stride’s on Blueky? … #bbcpm

The twelve people who have spoked to the Guardian are all ‘liars’ The populist politician who sold Brexit to the electorate must be telling the truth? #bbcpm

Could you do better than Reeves as chancellor? Play the Guardian’s interactive budget game:

This is another thing I had to cut from my piece - the minimum wage is best understood as an anti-poverty measure *for single or childless couples at the start of their working lives*. But it's not a lever that helps most people struggling to make ends meet. Only cash transfers do that.

Someone really needs to explain the Striesand Effect to the BBC. And also tell them to stop being so pathetic.

I went to school with (well not ‘with’, but near) some bigoted twits who couldn’t stop sharing their idiotic views Ran into one of em at an even about five years ago & guess what? Reformed charter? … Nah! Course not!! #wato

Well that’s a relief #wato For a minute or two there I was in fear that goose stepping around the playground & saying ‘Hitler was right about the Jews’ might set you on a pathway to lifelong bigotry & racism Thanks for setting us straight Tim

Ahhh, poor guy … just ‘wanted a normal childhood’ !!! The more these swivelling-eyed loons turn up the gaslighting on these Nigel Farage racism revelations, the better #wato

Yep, BBC bias select comm exchanges, at least the bits I could keep awake to, didn’t get crucial answer to ‘how come you lot only see Left wing bias?’ If we’re leaving it up to the Telegraph to pass judgement on the saga then the progressive Liberal Left has clearly lost all relevance #r4today

Not heard that Winston Churchill quote on diplomacy before : "the art of telling someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip" #TFTD #R4Today

“It’s only the Guardian” That should satisfy the ‘Lefty bias’ select committee on #R4today

Schoolboy Farage wasn’t racist to be hurtful … It’s just who he is #R4Today

Opinion piece - so absolutely no place for this sort of thing on #r4Today of course (interesting all the same): Nigel Farage & Tommy Robinson increasingly espousing Christian ‘values’, & a wealthy US legal group is becoming influential

Had a feeling #R4Today would finally go big on this ‘Farage turns out to be a racist after all’ story, now that the ReformUK leader has finally responded. Now let’s get back to that ‘BBC Lefty bias’ story

Michael Prescott, who refused to answer all media questions until his DCMS appearance, spent 90 minutes in front of the committee – and wasn't asked *once* about his own report misquoting Donald Trump. What a farce. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...

Dodgy Doge claims: ReformUK’s woke savings analysed

Claiming job protection is bad for the economy comes squarely from the Every-Man-For-Himself approach to employment It ignores the obvious fact that while regulation can lead to higher wages, it definitely ensures income security … which ultimately is how you grow economies #wato

Zero hours ‘crept in to the economy’ 25years ago: a political fix to Labour’s minimum wage & working tine directive. It’s a scourge & must be eliminated. Don’t know why Labour isn’t leading with this sort of thing? Better that than endless press & opposition speculation about tax rises #r4today

No Sir Robbie Gibb is not the only ‘political appointee’ #r4today The BBC has been crammed full of Right wingers seeking out snippets of what can only look like Left wing bias to a bunch of Right wingers with an agenda to push

OMFG! #R4today Guest editing from Theresa May? James Dyson?? Tin hats on for some real unsubtle Labour bashing to continue through the season of goodwill

“If you want me to come you’ll just have to wait” That’s Tony left at the side of the road then #thearchers