Nick Robinson

Presenter of the BBC’s Today programme & Political Thinking. Former BBC/ITV Political Editor, author & Speaker

[Nick Robinson @bbcnickrobinson]

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[Nick Robinson @bbcnickrobinson]

I’m an enabler not a blocker insists Keir Starmer’s friend & champion the Attorney General. Lord Hermer explains why both men believe international law & human rights protect us as individuals & as a country; how Starmer can survive & the values which drive them both. It’s a good conversation and a rare one as it’s Hermer’s first full length broadcast interview. Listen to Political Thinking on @bbcsounds
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[Attorney General's Office @attorneygeneral]

“The job of a lawyer is to help, assist, and enable.”

Attorney General Richard Hermer KC on @BBCRadio4 Political Thinking with @bbcnickrobinson argues his role is to help turn policy into reality as effectively as possible, while upholding the law.

#Lawyers

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

The Attorney General says some people who want to remove human rights law for small boat migrants seem to want to 'let people drown in the water’.

Lord Hermer tells @bbcnickrobinson 'some of the rhetoric is deeply, deeply concerning’.

[Nick Robinson @bbcnickrobinson]

In these globally turbulent times one man has regularly acted as a wise, thoughtful and witty guide for listeners of @BBCr4today. The former Head of MI6 Sir Alex Younger has analysed, explained and contextualised the actions of Trump, Putin, Xi and the Ayatollahs. After he first appeared in the programme I was lucky enough to get to know Alex and call him my friend. I’m desperately sad to hear the news I’ve long feared was coming. Alex has died after months trying to cheat the
prognosis he was given whe. They discovered the tumour he nicknamed “Putin”.
We’re always told not to speak of a fight with cancer because it risks implying that only those strong enough survive. I understand that. I really do but sod it. Alex fought so hard to find a treatment to give him a little longer to be with Sarah and their lovely children. And he used every last minute of the short time he did have to be with family and friends and to do what he spent a lifetime in the shadows doing - using his intelligence to understand the world, to explain it but, above all, to keep us all safe.

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

"Is what matters the perception of those who feel threatened... should the law be on their side?"

@bbcnickrobinson asks the new chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, whether many British Jews are right to feel personally at risk when pro-Palestinian protesters chant 'from the river to the sea'.

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[Nick Robinson @bbcnickrobinson]

3 train lines to Heathrow. All down this morning. No extra buses. Happy holidays 😱

[BBC London @BBCLondonNews]

No trains running to and from Heathrow Airport ➡️ https://t.co/xmbqTjpcox

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Watch on @BBCiPlayer & @bbcnews channel
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The woman at the centre of the row between campaigners for trans rights & women’s rights - the new chair of the Equalities & Human Rights Commision @EHRC - says the law is now clear so people who don’t like it need to change it.

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson says if people don't like the new guidance on single-sex spaces, 'change the law'.

The new chair of the EHRC says the law around single-sex spaces ‘is very clear’ and many women 'do really value single sex spaces'.

🔊 Political Thinking: https://t.co/iZzWDyjTsa

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Listen to Political Thinking in full on @BBCSounds
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[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson says if people don't like the new guidance on single-sex spaces, 'change the law'.

The new chair of the EHRC says the law around single-sex spaces ‘is very clear’ and many women 'do really value single sex spaces'.

🔊 Political Thinking: https://t.co/iZzWDyjTsa

[Nick Robinson @bbcnickrobinson]

@tomhfh @albieamankona @Ofcom @katierazz @BBCr4today @GBNEWS The law of the land Tom. There's a perfectly good argument that broadcast news should be treated no differently from magazines, newspapers & podcasts. That's an argument that could be made & debated by the public & in Parliament. It hasn't been.

[Nick Robinson @bbcnickrobinson]

I know the heat can make us all light headed but i think I just heard the ex Chair of @Ofcom Michael Grade tell @katierazz on #mediashow that @bbcr4today or any other BBC News programme could be presented by a politician just like @GBNEWS. Can anyone remind me when parliament, the public, licence fee payers or anyone else was asked their opinion on this ?

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

"Back to the 70s?"

Former PM Sir Tony Blair questions Andy Burnham's comments on '40 years of neoliberalism', and says there 'wasn't enough explanation' by Sir Keir Starmer why Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership was wrong.

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Treasury Minister Dan Tomlinson is asked by @bbcnickrobinson whether the government should still be listening to former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair.

[Nick Robinson @bbcnickrobinson]

@luxmy_g At least you didn’t say veteran Luxmy or point out that I had hair when I began reporting on politics

[Nick Robinson @bbcnickrobinson]

An ice cold shower for the Labour Party & the country. Our analysis of what Tony Blair was up to with his essay &
Interview on @bbcr4today https://t.co/G7LMUs50Xp

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

"Trust has been breached at the most significant level."

Former SNP MSP Michelle Thomson calls for first minister John Swinney to implement an independent inquiry into the embezzlement of more than £400,000 from the SNP by its former chief executive Peter Murrell.

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

"It encapsulates a whole host of very important themes... but in a very fun and entertaining way and football is the lens."

Joseph Fiennes, who plays Gareth Southgate in the TV adaptation of James Graham's Dear England, talks about the message ahead of the 2026 World Cup.