Helen Mackin
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Pillion rider; retired librarian; Labour voter. Love Europe; fervent supporter of the EU.
Tory MP Kieran Mullan, desperately trying to make an issue out of the non-issue of Rachel Reeves's renting license. #AnyQuestions
November 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Tory MP Kieran Mullan, desperately trying to make an issue out of the non-issue of Rachel Reeves's renting license. #AnyQuestions
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Badenoch complains that the Home Secretary has attended pro Palestinian protests in the past. Is that a bad thing? #bbclaurak
Badenoch complains that the Home Secretary has attended pro Palestinian protests in the past. Is that a bad thing? #bbclaurak
October 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Badenoch complains that the Home Secretary has attended pro Palestinian protests in the past. Is that a bad thing? #bbclaurak
Badenoch complains that the Home Secretary has attended pro Palestinian protests in the past. Is that a bad thing? #bbclaurak
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Good to hear Keir Starmer taking the battle to Farage’s ReformUK (REFUK) and its racist leadership and denounce the Brexit lies on the side of the bus
September 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Good to hear Keir Starmer taking the battle to Farage’s ReformUK (REFUK) and its racist leadership and denounce the Brexit lies on the side of the bus
September 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Laura Kuenssberg being unreasonably antagonistic towards Keir Starmer this morning. #BBCLauraK
September 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Laura Kuenssberg being unreasonably antagonistic towards Keir Starmer this morning. #BBCLauraK
September 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Professor John Denham is totally delusional, claiming that the proliferation of England flags around the country is an expression of inclusivity, while completely ignoring the far right, racist symbolism. #C4News
Professor John Denham is totally delusional, claiming that the proliferation of England flags around the country is an expression of inclusivity, while completely ignoring the far right, racist symbolism. #C4News
August 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Professor John Denham is totally delusional, claiming that the proliferation of England flags around the country is an expression of inclusivity, while completely ignoring the far right, racist symbolism. #C4News
Professor John Denham is totally delusional, claiming that the proliferation of England flags around the country is an expression of inclusivity, while completely ignoring the far right, racist symbolism. #C4News
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Trump’s live meeting with South Korean President Myung. -Self-congratulatory jibbering and still obsessed with “Crooked Hillary”. Myung looks baffled. Unbelievable. #SkyNews
Trump’s live meeting with South Korean President Myung. -Self-congratulatory jibbering and still obsessed with “Crooked Hillary”. Myung looks baffled. Unbelievable. #SkyNews
August 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Trump’s live meeting with South Korean President Myung. -Self-congratulatory jibbering and still obsessed with “Crooked Hillary”. Myung looks baffled. Unbelievable. #SkyNews
Trump’s live meeting with South Korean President Myung. -Self-congratulatory jibbering and still obsessed with “Crooked Hillary”. Myung looks baffled. Unbelievable. #SkyNews
Nick Robinson doing an excellent job this morning of challenging Israeli Government Spokesman David Mencer's version of the truth. Mencer clearly rattled. Well done Nick. #R4Today
July 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Nick Robinson doing an excellent job this morning of challenging Israeli Government Spokesman David Mencer's version of the truth. Mencer clearly rattled. Well done Nick. #R4Today
Former child refugee Sir Alf Dubs, on his love for Britain and regaining his Czech passport - 'It's a nice feeling to be European as well as being British'. His final record, Beethoven's Ode to Joy, the EU anthem, reminds him of how 'Europe got together in a positive way'. #DesertIslandDiscs
June 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Former child refugee Sir Alf Dubs, on his love for Britain and regaining his Czech passport - 'It's a nice feeling to be European as well as being British'. His final record, Beethoven's Ode to Joy, the EU anthem, reminds him of how 'Europe got together in a positive way'. #DesertIslandDiscs
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Matt Frei calls out Naftali Bennett’s “flat lie” regarding deaths of Gazan civilians. Well done for straight talking #C4News
Matt Frei calls out Naftali Bennett’s “flat lie” regarding deaths of Gazan civilians. Well done for straight talking #C4News
June 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Matt Frei calls out Naftali Bennett’s “flat lie” regarding deaths of Gazan civilians. Well done for straight talking #C4News
Matt Frei calls out Naftali Bennett’s “flat lie” regarding deaths of Gazan civilians. Well done for straight talking #C4News
Chris Philip looking very embarrassed as he repeatedly refuses to say the word "sorry" for Liz Truss's disastrous mini-budget. #BbcLauraK
June 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Chris Philip looking very embarrassed as he repeatedly refuses to say the word "sorry" for Liz Truss's disastrous mini-budget. #BbcLauraK
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Matt Frei asks if genocide is happening in Gaza. Lord Sumption responds that: “that is the most plausible explanation of what is happening”. Good that this is being acknowledged. #C4News
Matt Frei asks if genocide is happening in Gaza. Lord Sumption responds that: “that is the most plausible explanation of what is happening”. Good that this is being acknowledged. #C4News
June 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Matt Frei asks if genocide is happening in Gaza. Lord Sumption responds that: “that is the most plausible explanation of what is happening”. Good that this is being acknowledged. #C4News
Matt Frei asks if genocide is happening in Gaza. Lord Sumption responds that: “that is the most plausible explanation of what is happening”. Good that this is being acknowledged. #C4News
“You won’t let us, (journalists), in to see what you’re doing, that’s the truth.” KGM doing a splendid job of holding, Israeli Government Spokesman, David Mencer, to account #C4News
June 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“You won’t let us, (journalists), in to see what you’re doing, that’s the truth.” KGM doing a splendid job of holding, Israeli Government Spokesman, David Mencer, to account #C4News
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This absolute psychopath on BBC R4 Today being “interviewed” plays into every stereotype of a demented, right wing, zealot. Sharren Haskel, Israel’s dep minister of foreign affairs follows the play book of aggressive yelling & denying evidence as Anna Foster questions her like a normal person.
June 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This absolute psychopath on BBC R4 Today being “interviewed” plays into every stereotype of a demented, right wing, zealot. Sharren Haskel, Israel’s dep minister of foreign affairs follows the play book of aggressive yelling & denying evidence as Anna Foster questions her like a normal person.
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A candid voice of common sense - Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel. #C4News
A candid voice of common sense - Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel. #C4News
May 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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A candid voice of common sense - Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel. #C4News
A candid voice of common sense - Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel. #C4News
[email protected] “I don’t care what Netanyahu thinks”. Well said, Emily Thornberry. #C4News
May 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
[email protected] “I don’t care what Netanyahu thinks”. Well said, Emily Thornberry. #C4News
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All credit to Jo Coburn, holding the consistently inept Helen Whately to account. #PoliticsLive
All credit to Jo Coburn, holding the consistently inept Helen Whately to account. #PoliticsLive
May 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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All credit to Jo Coburn, holding the consistently inept Helen Whately to account. #PoliticsLive
All credit to Jo Coburn, holding the consistently inept Helen Whately to account. #PoliticsLive
Tory Alex Burghart revels in the "strength of the anti-Labour vote" yesterday. Jonny Dymond: "So you're thrilled that Reform UK is doing so well?" Burghart's reply: "I'm not surprised that Labour is doing badly". What a weaselly response. #WorldatOne
May 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Tory Alex Burghart revels in the "strength of the anti-Labour vote" yesterday. Jonny Dymond: "So you're thrilled that Reform UK is doing so well?" Burghart's reply: "I'm not surprised that Labour is doing badly". What a weaselly response. #WorldatOne
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IDS claiming that the US “Is a democracy with the rule of law”, when compared with China. Really?? #C4News
IDS claiming that the US “Is a democracy with the rule of law”, when compared with China. Really?? #C4News
April 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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IDS claiming that the US “Is a democracy with the rule of law”, when compared with China. Really?? #C4News
IDS claiming that the US “Is a democracy with the rule of law”, when compared with China. Really?? #C4News
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Excellent from Krishnan Guru-Murthy - his interview with Israeli politician Sharron Haskell, about the latest Israeli atrocities, brought the contradictions in the Israeli position into sharp focus. #C4News
Excellent from Krishnan Guru-Murthy - his interview with Israeli politician Sharron Haskell, about the latest Israeli atrocities, brought the contradictions in the Israeli position into sharp focus. #C4News
March 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Excellent from Krishnan Guru-Murthy - his interview with Israeli politician Sharron Haskell, about the latest Israeli atrocities, brought the contradictions in the Israeli position into sharp focus. #C4News
Excellent from Krishnan Guru-Murthy - his interview with Israeli politician Sharron Haskell, about the latest Israeli atrocities, brought the contradictions in the Israeli position into sharp focus. #C4News
How all Trump’s actions should be viewed and evaluated: Timothy Snyder, American historian: “Trump is about personal interest, his own and others, being more important than everything else.” #C4News
March 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
How all Trump’s actions should be viewed and evaluated: Timothy Snyder, American historian: “Trump is about personal interest, his own and others, being more important than everything else.” #C4News
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Excellent. Actor Brian Cox gives a frank and excoriating view of Donald Trump. #C4News
Excellent. Actor Brian Cox gives a frank and excoriating view of Donald Trump. #C4News
February 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Excellent. Actor Brian Cox gives a frank and excoriating view of Donald Trump. #C4News
Excellent. Actor Brian Cox gives a frank and excoriating view of Donald Trump. #C4News