Presenter of the BBC’s Today programme & Political Thinking. Former BBC/ITV Political Editor, author & Speaker
Joined March 2009
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"Are you allowed to tell us how well-paid you are?"
@bbcnickrobinson challenges former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson on his decision to leave the Lords for controversial US company Palantir
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Green Party leader Zack Polanski is facing criticism from senior party figures, including former leader Caroline Lucas, over a motion declaring Zionism as a form of racism.
@bbcnickrobinson challenges Polanski on his leadership.
Why is this a difficult question to answer ?
"Do you think that the state of Israel, as a safe home for Jews after the Holocaust and after the pogroms, has a right to exist?"
@bbcnickrobinson repeatedly asks Green Party leader Zack Polanski.
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"I don't think that is an overstatement... This is very challenging."
Andy Burnham agrees the UK is facing an energy crisis, but refuses to say whether people will be offered more than the temporary VAT cut to help with rising energy bills.
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"You're wanting to pay for it by scrapping the triple lock?"
@bbcnickrobinson presses Prime Minister Andy Burnham on his committment to creating a National Care Service using money saved by ending the existing state pension triple lock by 2030.
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"I actually want to use it to give me purpose in this job... What Britain am I trying to create here?"
Andy Burnham talks about the recent death of his father Roy, and how his dad has inspired him 'to set Britain up for the future'.
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"Brexit has caused more harm than good."
PM Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU is among 'different options' he will look at to reshape the UK's long-term relationship with Europe.
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The PM's conference speech is being widely praised for its boldness and its delivery.
As always though, the devil is in the detail. @bbcnickrobinson has been going through it with @andyburnham.
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"Are we really in a place where you can't make a joke about a billionaire?"
@bbcnickrobinson asks The Uprising director Paul Greengrass about comments made by lead actor Andrew Garfield while on the press tour.
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“Listen, can’t you hear their rage?”
Is what many feel now the same emotion as provoked The Uprising centuries ago? The director of the new movie thinks it is. Listen to our conversation on Political Thinking – out now on @BBCSounds
"There must be a thousand conversations... where people in power say versions of that same thing. 'Can’t you hear their rage?'"
Director Paul Greengrass draws parallels between his new film about the Peasants' Revolt and modern British politics.
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Rage. Rage of the governed. Rage at those who govern them. That is what drives so much of politics here and all over the world and threatens to overturn the old order. I’ve been speaking to Hollywood’s favourite Brit Paul Greengrass - director of the Bourne movie - which examines that rage in his new film “The Uprising” for this week’s Political Thinking.
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The Uprising is the name of a new movie about a very old and yet strangely familiar story. The Uprising tells the story of what schools used to call The Peasants' Revolt - the ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard Il in 1381. Starring Andrew Garfield - best known for playing spiderman in a film written and directed by Paul Greengrass - best known for directing high-intensity thrillers like the Jason Bourne films and Captain Phillips. Greengrass - a fomer journalist on the World in Action current affairs programme - is fascinated by the abuse of power and how we react to it. I hope you’ll agree it’s a fascinating listen.
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"Is he going to do anything about it? No... What he's doing is he's bumping his gums on some issues."
Shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat dismisses comments made by US President Donald Trump about the Falkland Islands and a united Ireland.
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A new series of Political Thinking begins today with an extended conversation with @AngelaRayner.
Listening @BBCSounds now & watch on @BBCiPlayer & @BBCTwo from 12.30pm today.
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On this week’s Political Thinking @AngelaRayner talks at length for the first time about the depth of the anguish she felt when accused of not paying her taxes in full, what she said when she met Andy Burnham & decided not to run for Labour leader, why she halted a huge reorganisation of local government and how she believe you deal with masked protesters against the not so small boats. Listen in full on @BBCSounds. Watch from 12.30 on @BBCiPlayer
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Finance content creator Abi Foster championed the interests of her generation, while former TUC President Gail Cartmail said the young were being pitted against older people.
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Can we afford the pensions triple lock?
In the latest edition of the Today Debate, Liberal Democrat Sir Steve Webb and Conservative Lord Willets - who both were part of the coalition government which introduced the policy - had this disagreement.
Today is a big day in the relationship between the UK & Israel. We had 3 big interviews on @BBCr4today on the case for and against sanctions on settlers on the West Bank aimed at preventing them occupying Palestinian land and blocking the creation of a Palestinian state.
Here’s the case for …
Here’s the case against sanctions and a threat from Trump’s man in Israel
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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 @annaefoster about the plan to sanction goods and services from West Bank settlements.
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The UK sanctions on Russia include over 3400 designations. The UK also has a sanctions regime against North Korea. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief… gov.uk/guidance/democ…
And here’s a warning from a Jewish Labour MP about the risks to the community when they are blamed for what this Israeli government is doing
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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 @bbcnickrobinson that he warned Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband about the risk of implementing sanctions on goods and services from West Bank settlements.