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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.
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"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.
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"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'.
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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.
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"Why allow him to march and not people who want to protest about the plight of people in Gaza?" Nick Robinson presses Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch on her comments suggesting she would not ban a protest organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
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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.
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"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.
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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:
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"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
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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.
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