@BBCr4today Why are the Today Debates, including the recent one hosted by @bbcnickrobinson last Tuesday, not yet available to listeners from Europe/outside the UK?
As British citizens most of us are very interested in these debates & would like the option to listen at our convenience.
@spectator Agree. What's wrong, is the suboptimal quality of journalism from the likes of Emma Barnett, which is a shrill, argumentative, picket-fencing style of interviewing. The likes of John Humphreys had authority, maturity & constructive riposte.
@JohnSimpsonNews Well said @JohnSimpsonNews! The Alastair Campbells of this world would stoop to any level just to stay relevant. Expecting them to appreciate journalistic ethics of stalwarts like the BBC is fanciful!
@jk_rowling Resonate with each and every word of yours! Self-serving and morally blind people like Creasy make a career out of peddling sanctimonious piffle.
Only in UK do crime‑fighters like the Police face more outrage than criminals! Shows the distorted vested interests of such thankless critics.
Yes the police at times get it wrong but mindless knee-jerk criticism undermines the morale of the brave officers who save lives everyday
“Apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world.”
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley writes to Zack Polanski.
This is great advice from @JonHaidt
We tell our families to watch films and tv programmes with their kids.
No phones or tablets.
It is as Jon says.
Bond with your kids instead of addicting them to social media. 👍
No. @RishiSunak did not lie. It's you Chancellor @RachelReevesMP who is a habitual liar- whether it's about your CV, the economy or Labour's stealth taxes.
@ShabanaMahmood Why is it unfair to return those who are granted asylum to their home country once it becomes truly safe? Isn’t the very essence of refuge temporary? Many families relocate to new countries & their children adapt to life there. So why is it unfair in case of asylum seekers?
@Channel4News Why is it unfair to return those who are granted asylum to their home country once it becomes truly safe? Isn’t the very essence of refuge temporary? Many families relocate to new countries & their children adapt to life there. So why is it unfair in case of asylum seekers?
@BBCr4today Why is it unfair to return those who are granted asylum to their home country once it becomes truly safe? Isn’t the very essence of refuge temporary? Many families relocate to new countries & their children adapt to life there. So why is it unfair in case of asylum seekers?
This is how a decent person & a head of state should treat another, here a war weary President, fighting for the lives & sovereignty of his ppl & desperate for help to uphold democracy from a greedy warmongering dictator - take a lesson, you mindless MAGA-spewing bullies!
After 9/11, NATO's Article 5 was invoked for the first (and only) time ever by the United States.
Troops from the UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia, Spain, Poland, Norway, Romania, Turkey, New Zealand, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Finland, and many others joined the fight in Afghanistan.
More than one thousand of these soldiers paid the ultimate price.
JD Vance - Have you said 'thank you' once for their sacrifice?
@SubhashiniAli You have lost your perspective of present-day geopolitical reality, and it seems your moral compass as well in siding with greedy warmongers in Russia & their degenerate cohorts in the US!
We are Americans.
We are the most powerful nation on the planet.
What defines us is not our power to dominate the weak.
What demonstrates our character is not our capacity to traumatize the afflicted.
What speaks our truth is not how we taunt, deride or belittle the embattled, broken or battered.
We are:
The country of the Marshall Plan
The nation of The Berlin Airlift
The nation whose leader said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”
We are at our best when we are resolute against evil -- not when we kowtow to those who perpetrate it.
We tell our truth when we defend the weak -- not when we do it only if we get protection money.
We are America when our leaders call the dictators dictators and those who fight to defend democracy against tyranny what they are: heroes.
Donald Trump and JD Vance didn't show strength today -- they showed weakness.
They belittled a giant and showed just how small they are.
They have the most vaunted titles in the world: President and Vice President of The United States of America. But the title doesn't make the man. And today both men brought shame to their titles.
A weary warrior was before them. A beleaguered man who has lost thousands of his friends and comrades to the unjust and illegal aggression of an authoritarian leader.
They showed no grace; no magnanimity of spirit; no diplomatic acumen. They were small bullies with big titles and they disrespected the history and legacy of the nation they lead.
Today, Donald Trump acted more like Russia's Putin than America's President.