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"This is an irrational action... if the UK is really interested in dealing with issues they feel like are wrong, where are the sanctions against North Korea, China, Russia?" US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who has accused the UK government and Ed Miliband of 'Jew hate' speaks to Anna Foster about the plan to sanction goods and services from West Bank settlements.
BBC Radio 4 Today1,160,004 views • 1 month ago
"Isn't it patronising? To tell people how to spend their own money?" Nick Robinson asks shadow work and pensions secretary Helen Whately, as the Conservatives promise to prevent benefit claimants from spending their welfare payments on alcohol, cigarettes and gambling.
BBC Radio 4 Today738,111 views • 1 month ago
"There will be a reduction in the benefits bill... It is simply not good for Britain." Chancellor John Healey insists he will cut welfare spending before the next election, as Kemi Badenoch claimed the benefits bill was rising 'because this government has put welfare first'.
BBC Radio 4 Today80,395 views • 7 days ago
The Israeli-American Council chief exec, who led calls for Macklemore to be dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour, describes 'Free Palestine' as an anti-Semitic statement. Elan Carr tells justin webb that freedom of speech doesn't give the rapper the right to 'hijack' a stage.
BBC Radio 4 Today325,914 views • 1 month ago
Does Ali G work in 2026? Sacha Baron Cohen has defended his new film - Ali G: Who iz I? - and said the wannabe rapper from Staines is a "vehicle to expose prejudice, bias and stupidity". But critics of the character say it perpetuates racial stereotypes. Comedian Daliso Chaponda and writer Nels Abbey discuss.
BBC Radio 4 Today64,589 views • 13 days ago
"I think it carries a real risk of increased chances of attacks on the British Jewish community." Dr Peter Prinsley, vice chair of Labour Friends of Israel, tells Nick Robinson that he warned Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband about the risk of implementing sanctions on goods and services from West Bank settlements.
BBC Radio 4 Today263,469 views • 1 month ago
The MP at the centre of Andy Burnham's Westminster comeback reveals she's been planning it with him for a year. Former transport secretary Louise Haigh tells Nick Robinson's Political Thinking that Burnham's team has a plan for the first 100 days. Listen here:
BBC Radio 4 Today488,814 views • 3 months ago
"We think we deserve compensation... Many of us only had two years notice." Angela Madden, chair of the Waspi women campaign, responds to the news that the government will rethink a decision to reject compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age. #R4Today
BBC Radio 4 Today1,415,418 views • 11 months ago
The Defence Secretary Wes Streeting says the farmer who reported suspicious activity around RAF Fairfield only had a ‘partial picture’. President Trump has claimed authorities were monitoring a potential plot to attack the base. Nick Robinson asks if this is true.
BBC Radio 4 Today152,187 views • 1 month ago