Celebrity Traitors? Farage went into "the jungle" - why is he not on this show! #r4today

One of the greatest frustrations of tax reform... is the reluctance to impose taxes on those accumulating vast amounts of assets and wealth... #r4today

MSD scraps £1bn UK research centre. AstraZeneca & Eli Lilly pull back. Nearly £2bn in pharma investment gone in less than a year. Govt response? Make NHS pay 25% more for meds from existing budgets - then call it a ‘net gain for the Treasury’... #r4today www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The last time Starmer negotiated a trade deal, it was with the US. Following that, he had to support the UK steel industry, saw the bio-ethanol sector outsourced, and poured millions into the car industry, which later failed to defend itself against a cyber attack... #r4today

Divisive Trump pushes for the Nobel Peace Prize while net-zero Starmer pushes for a trade deal with Russian oil guzzling India, all while the "I'll end it in 24 hours" war in the Ukraine rages on... Who said irony was dead? #r4today

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... #r4today

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

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. #r4today

“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... #r4today

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... #r4today

Countries that have recently recognised Palestine: UK Canada Australia France Portugal Norway Ireland Spain Jamaica Barbados Bahamas Armenia Slovenia Mexico #r4today #bbcpm #wato

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. #r4today

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. #r4today

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. #bbcpm

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... #r4today #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. #r4today

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... #r4today #bbcbreakfast

The adjective "groundbreaking" for this new "one-in-one-out" immigration pilot scheme is doing some very heavy lifting here... #r4today #BBCBreakfast

It's odd that those sharing sensible environmental views must first address nursery school questioning... #r4today #BBCBreakfast

In a capitalist society, AI will generate wealth for the wealthy... #r4today #BBCBreakfast

Rod Stewart can't sing well live anymore, and it's unclear if he ever could... #r4today #BBCBreakfast

John Healey on #r4today : "stop asking difficult questions"... #BBCBreakfast

The next Adam Curtis documentary is going to be a blinder... "Hyper bootlicker - isation" #r4today #BBCBreakfast

That rose may need some fresh water... 🥀 #r4today #BBCBreakfast

John Healey on #r4today : "stop asking difficult questions"... #BBCBreakfast

In an attempt to curry favour with Trump the UK has surrendered its chemical industry and entered into a PCP agreement on buying US defence technology... #r4today #BBCBreakfast

The UK Labour Party sacrifices the UK ethanol industry to curry favour with Trump ? #r4today

If you fail to see any useful logic in what's happening this morning - then you're probably in good company... #r4today

Just woke up... what's going on? Utter chaos... #r4today

Investment promises in Red Wall areas, now supporting Reform UK, without foresight, planning, and focus will likely negatively impact those who were promised benefits from the last pork barrel. #r4today

Labour's spending review partially targets neglected areas shifting to Reform UK. These areas have repeatedly been promised similar outcomes, making results from "low-hanging fruit" projects crucial. #r4today

If you live near the coast, you'll be amazed that the "oceans need protecting" tagline didn't emerge sooner. Meanwhile, keep dredging that deep-sea port and dumping waste, for that net-zero project which, as of yet, hasn't worked anywhere else... 🦀 #r4today

The UK Labour Party sacrifices the UK ethanol industry to curry favour with Trump ? #r4today

The report from auditors EY is incredibly critical of TVCA, who told them they'd put money aside to pay legal costs for a case it brought and lost (potentially £4m), but then make no mention of it in the accounts.

Putting age restrictions onto any inheritance tax may seriously reduce the tax take... what are some people thinking here? #bbcbreakfast #r4today