robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“WHAT THEY CALL THE CLIMATE CRISIS”!!!!?? says #r4today presenter about the Green Party. Wake up BBC. 071
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#r4today Of course Britain can be the honest broker in relations with China, the country we hooked on opium. 040
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026#r4today listening to Artworks. Whenever the presenter mentions “the internet” we hear the sound of a fax modem. On a telephone line. Weird. 010
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026We all seem to be swallowing the myth that Harry is funding his life and legal costs through his “private” income. No royal has private income. It is all derived from royal advantage or royal inheritance. All of it was and is taken from us. #r4today 050
Reposted by @robertproducer.bsky.socialLuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Only one country in the world could do something as heinous as this, at *this point* in the climate crisis. They are the Millwall of nation states. #r4today #wildfirestheguardian.comIsrael deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters sayEmergency services, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops 087
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The 8am news on #r4today stated how Israel’s security forces were “struggling to deal with settler violence”. This has to be one of the most blatantly untruthful descriptions of the state of Israel’s security force’s ethnic cleansing role on the West Bank. Shame on you #BBC. 1133
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Anyone arriving from Mars and listening to #r4today this morning might be surprised to find out that an entire nation is openly engaging in genocide and ethnic cleansing against a defenceless section of its own population. Not a word. Apparently it’s not news. 041
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026#r4today Dimbleby just said the US removed governments that didn’t suit it but you have to agree that it promoted democracy. Interviewer either wasn’t listening or agreed. 020
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026People are rightly suspicious of political donations. They defeat democracy. Period. The #r4today discussion today avoided considering the unthinkable; no political donations whatsoever. I already hear the chorus “Can’t be done”. Yes it can. 010
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I’m intrigued by the phrase “affordable health care” as a crucial factor in tackling absenteeism. But isn’t that the NHS? Apparently private health care is necessary because of NHS failures - especially the massive waiting lists for mental health treatment. Another conundrum for Andy. #r4today 100
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026#r4today Andy Burnham will focus on the things that matter to people living in cities - such as transport - says the man from Manchester University. Has he an Andy ever caught a train from platforms 13 and 14 at Manchester Piccadilly, I wonder? 000
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I’m listening 10 mins behind, but did JW just ask for “an up-sum”? #r4today 100
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I know this makes me sound like an old fogey (ok, I am old), but I’m really upset about The World Tonight being axed. It seems more thoughtful than the other news shows. Maybe it just suits my mood at that time. But I will miss it a lot. #r4today #wato #bbcpm 040
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026#R4today anybody know what a Frontier Model is? 210
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026#wato in the 60s we called football football or soccer. They were completely interchangeable. I think soccer was the traditional English slang term for Association Football. It was nothing to do with the US. 110
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026#r4today Some examples of “common sense” throughout history: slavery, burning witches, religious bigotry, racism,The Final Solution, apartheid, public executions,The Highland Clearances, tyranny, a flat earth, empires, genocide, McCarthyism, economic exploitation, ICE, Global warming is a myth… 100
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026#r4today the Republican spokesperson talking about the ills of “unfettered immigration” seems to have forgotten that the US is entirely the result of unfettered immigration in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. 160
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026#wato isn’t the term “all-boys comprehensive school” an oxymoron? 010
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026#r4today Lammy says he will “look at” Malkinson issue. This has become the standard response of the Starmer govt for the last 2 years. Lots of caution and govt enquiries. We’re looking. Not enough doing. 231
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Jack White urges all aspiring artists to get into their garages and basements and create. Those who have garages and basements, I suppose. #r4today 210
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026We have been waiting for Keir Starmer “to get on with the job” for two years. Darren Jones repeating the same dull, stale, uninspiring cliches. #r4today 030
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026How about a summit to tackle UK companies aiding genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine? #r4today 010
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026If I were a Palestinian living in Gaza I think I’d give a lot to be living somewhere as unsafe as Golders Green. #r4today #bbcpm 020
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 28/04/2026#r4today news gave a glowing preview of what King Charles would be saying in his speech to Congress. How did they know? Were they reading from a Palace press release? If not, what was the source? Is this news? Tired of the BBC’s double standards in its royal journalism. 000
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 25/04/2026#r4today Amol says Mythos is fine when it’s in”the right hands”. I’ve spent the last 10 mins trying to think who “the right hands” might be. No luck so far. Any ideas anyone? 020
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Hasn’t anyone mentioned to “Our royal correspondent Daniela Relph” that Today is a news programme? Please stop insulting our intelligence #R4Today. 000
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026#r4today Can anyone explain the #bbcnews description of Iran as Pakistan’s “brotherly neighbour”? Not what Pakistan “describes as” but what BBC News describes it as. 110
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Can arts and culture be more than “a nice thing to have”? Well, perhaps it can help us understand why we think some things are right and some things are not right? #bbcnews 000
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026I’d like to see the labour government restore the word nuclear as a two syllable word. #r4today 020
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 19/03/2026#r4today Shame that Rory McIlroy didn’t include two traditional Northern Irish delicacies in his Masters Menu - battered goujons and lasagne and chips. 110
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026#r4today interviewee just mentioned the 250 years of our historic alliance with the USA, seemingly unaware of the state of war that existed between our two countries between 1812 and 1815 (not to mention the original war of independence from 1775-1783). 041
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 12/03/2026#R4today Good to hear some genuine anger from a BBC journalist for a change. Be good to hear it from journalists other than Emma Barnett on other subjects like Gaza, The West Bank, Ukraine, Iran, Sudan, Trump, Putin, Sewage, Social Housing etc etc etc. 120
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026No mention of the danger to the families of the 5 defecting Iranian footballers in the interview with the Australian minister. Strange omission. #r4today 040
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026I’m surprised there hasn’t been more discussion about the philosophical consequences of USA’s assassination of Ayatollah Khamene'i. Historically I get the feeling that there has been an unwritten rule that you don’t do that sort of thing - even during WW2. Is it now legit? #r4today 010
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Posted this on BlueSky 15mins ago and it hasn’t yet appeared on #r4today. Are they worried it might give the Chinese ideas?! 000
Reposted by @robertproducer.bsky.socialrobertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 07/03/2026#r4today So, the “rules based” order has gone. When the time is right, when their rivals are otherwise engaged, superpowers take what they want. Russia:Ukraine, US:Venezuela & Iran. Might is right. Remind me. What does China want? 001
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 07/03/2026#r4today So, the “rules based” order has gone. When the time is right, when their rivals are otherwise engaged, superpowers take what they want. Russia:Ukraine, US:Venezuela & Iran. Might is right. Remind me. What does China want? 001
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I cannot believe that the leader of the opposition does not understand the theory of nuclear deterrence. “You cannot wait until they use them against you” she says. That’s exactly what you do do. If you use them first you destroy their usefulness. Terrifying ignorance. #r4today 1151
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Kemi Badenoch says the point of having nuclear weapons is that you must use them before they are used against you? No. The point of having NWs is that they deter other nuclear powers from using them against you. Fundamental. Robinson fails to point this out. #r4today 0171
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Interesting TFTD on #r4today for a change. The speaker was pointing out the way the powerful commandeers religion to justify war. Pity he didn’t go as far to ponder the possibility that the powerful might have created religion to justify their power. 130
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 04/03/2026The desperate post-decisional rationalisation of the attack on Iran coming out of the White House has all the moral responsibility of a bunch of 16 yr old boys playing a computer war game. #r4today 010
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Hmm. 7 minutes of royal sycophancy (Julian Payne) followed by 5 minutes of an ex BBC royal correspondent saying the arrest of Andrew (formerly known as Prince), will mean the end of BBC royal sycophancy. Confused? #r4Today 030
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Listening on catch up I heard a gabbled 20 seconds on the sports news announcing that athletes will be competing under the Russian flag in the winter Paralympics. Isn’t this very, very important news #R4Today? 040
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Today’s TFTD was a Rabbi who is co-lead of the movement for progressive Judaism talking about justice. I hoped she might shed some light on Judaism’s view of the Israeli treatment of people in Gaza and the West Bank. I was disappointed. #r4today 010
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 29/01/2026China expert deftly skipping Britain’s main contribution to Chinese history: being China’s national drug dealer. #r4Today 060
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Not sure why Angela Tilbury on TFTD was so specific about Bishop Laud being executed “towards the end of the civil war”. The Civil War took place between 1642-1651. Laud was executed 1645. #R4Today 230
robertproducer.bsky.social @robertproducer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Try explaining to a Martian why, to make amends for The Holocaust, the world decided to confiscate land in Palestine rather than (say), Bavaria or The Ruhr. Especially hard when you come to the bit about the Palestinian role in The Holocaust. #r4today 040
