An Israeli guest insists in one breath that Israelis shouldn’t be conflated with their government, and in the next defends Israel’s use of Eurovision to whitewash its atrocities in Gaza. Looks like most Israelis detest Netanyahu, but not his policies; those represent the national consensus.#r4today

Israel's #Genocide is not over. Israel is a pariah state speak out - because the Western media's silence is deafening

Dana Int: “You don’t punish an entire country just bc you disagree with its govt.” Yet these are the same ppl who’ve defended genocide for over two years. Framing even the mildest criticism as “punishment”, while Israel still enjoys broad Western support, is just performative victimhood. #r4today

My Q&A with this weekends Guardian! 👇🏼 www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Could you help get @greenparty.org.uk message out? Crowdfunder is getting in range of nice round £250K! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere

“And then they made him a fake trophy because he kept whining and moaning and wouldn’t STFU.”

I think the hypocrisy you talk about is Russia being banned but Israel not. #R4Today

Feeling miserable ? Constantly anxious ? Feeling physically sick from stress? Frequent Suicidal thoughts ? Get used to it - I hate this headline so much

Good morning and welcome to #Caturday Let's make positivity louder. Close the door on yesterday, it’s finished its story. Today is wide open, waiting for your brilliance. Tell me: what’s one thing you’re choosing for you today?

What did Karl Marx predict? He predicted that under unrestricted Capitalism money would be concentrated into the hands of a handful of individuals, that Governments would become controlled by the richest, and that wages would be subsistence level. He was right.

Fucking Maureen Lipman off after the headlines #WATO

As Israel have been allowed to compete in Eurovision 2026, the UK must follow in the footsteps of Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands and boycott the competition. The world's largest live music event cannot be used to whitewash Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.

#r4today #Eurovision

Allowing Israel to compete but banning Russia is nothing but hypocrisy by Eurovision. The song contest will be boycotted in this house. #R4Today

Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today www.bbc.com/news/article...

If Russia is banned from Eurovision because of war crimes, then surely Israel must also be banned. #R4Today

Ordinary Decent Criminal finishes tonight. Thanks to all the team at @painesplough.bsky.social especially Charlotte, Ellie and @tinehs.bsky.social and of course to Ed Edwards. Thanks to all who came to see it too. If you missed it you an always get a play script www.markthomasinfo.co.uk/store/

This week is #HomeFireSafetyWeek. The Brigade are encouraging you to get specific advice for keeping you and your family safe (or someone you care for) here: www.london-fire.gov.uk/safety/the-h...

I'm no jurist, but it seems to me that Lammy scrapping the automatic right of appeal should be a bigger story than him scrapping most jury trials...

It is so sad to see new exclusionary policies from Girlguiding, where trans girls had been so included before. The Woodcraft Folk is a brilliant, inclusive, non-segregated alternative for young people seeking fun, adventure and community! woodcraft.org.uk/woodcraft-fo...

Throughout history, protest has been the voice of the people. Protests are how people challenge the status quo. It’s how laws change, societies evolve and freedoms are gained. To remove the right to protest is to remove our democratic rights

Always good to know where the red lines are

on my way to visit two of the Hunger Strike prisoners who are being held at HMP Bronzefield These political prisoners are demanding the closure of Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, it supplies at least 85% of the land army equipment and drones used by the Israeli military

Talking of brexit, my new tea towel has just arrived. #WATO

Not sure how red lines on a CU and SM help with a closer relationship with the EU. #WATO

Not sure how red lines on a CU and SM help with a closer relationship with the EU. #WARO

PMQs is not good advertisement for politics in this country. #WATO

The Hillsborough Disaster happened before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 but enquiries about it are still being released. If the state, media and courts had worked properly and delivered prompt analysis and judgement then it would by now be a footnote in history. #r4today No #JFT97

While obviously Lammy's proposal of scrapping many jury trials is getting the headlines, it seems odd how little attention his proposal to scrap the automatic right to appeal is getting. That seems like quite a big thing to be honest, especially for poorer and more marginalised defendants. #r4today

This morning I was kind of expecting 30 minutes of Mason explaining how he got his allegations against the Chancellor so wrong - but no! #R4Today

Wonder what the proportion was in 1776

If clearing the backlog is Labour's only priority, why not scrap trials altogether? Perhaps Mr Lammy could flip a coin, that'll save time and money? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Gary Lineker on Gaza, "It's the worst thing I have seen in my lifetime. Constant images day in, day out of children losing their lives." "But the minute you raise your voice against it you get accused of being a supporter of Hamas."

It only takes one political, economical or religious crisis for ‘everyone’s’ rights to be put in jeopardy. Those rights should never be taken for granted - (updated version) Simone De Beauvoir

Much of what is covered here was clear in the weeks following the disaster www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2... I personally find it deeply insulting but entirely in character for the UK state to take over 36.5 years to state the obvious. #JFT97

How are parents going to track their children, if their children have the right to smartphone taken away? #WATO

Sorry but South Yorkshire Police are as bad today as they were 37 years ago. #WATO

There is a very strong bias in magistrate recruitment- and that is the magistrate has to have employer or resources that allow them to withdraw from the workforce to sit on the bench. #WATO

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The reasons for the current criminal cases backlog is multifaceted but tend to boil down to under resourcing not Juries #WATO

This is outrageous. That a Labour government could be denying people the right to justice is a gross violation of British principles. Jury trial is the foundation of law and order in this country. If you want to clear the backlog: fund justice better! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It feels a bit rich for one of the BBC’s highest-paid journalists to criticise doctors for seeking a pay rise. What was the rationale behind Nick Robinson receiving a 19% annual pay increase while the Today prog shed nearly a million listeners over the same period? #r4today

Robinson seems to forget he once was a member of the Tory party, so should he question his current role. #R4Today

Doctors spoiling others Christmases when in fact drs are more likely to work at Christmas than other groups. FfS #R4Today

The fucking irony of Robinson criticising doctors for wanting pay rises in line with the cost of living, when he is on nearly half a million a year from public money. I know who are of greater benefit to society. #R4Today

Anna, Witkoff hasn't achieved a ceasefire in Gaza, unless off course you mean by ceasefire Israel is still at liberty to murder Palestians #R4Today

Can't help thinking that Robinson snide references 'to what we used call junior doctors', seeks to undermine medical professionals. #R4Today