Nick Robinson

Hello, I'm Nick Robinson. You might be tired of switching on the news, hearing those pre-rehearsed soundbites, the lines to take from those who shape our lives. When politics is as fragmented, as unpredictable, as fraught as it is now, it can be hard to cut through the noise.

That is precisely my aim on Political Thinking, my podcast from BBC Radio 4. I have extended conversations with those who shape our political thinking. I try to get to the heart of what makes these people tick. What lies behind what you're seeing or hearing on the news. That's Political Thinking with me, Nick Robinson. You can listen on BBC Sounds. Think you know Sherlock Holmes?

So it's part of the process of protecting biodiversity? Absolutely, yeah. Now, tell us about some of your favourites, because there's one you brought along with you.

So it's part of the process of protecting biodiversity? Absolutely, yeah. Now, tell us about some of your favourites, because there's one you brought along with you.

Yeah, and just to reassure people, you haven't pulled it up by the roots, have you?

Yeah, and just to reassure people, you haven't pulled it up by the roots, have you?

Yeah. And what is it you do? So there we are with my untutored eye. That just looks like any old palm leaf there, which it clearly isn't. And forgive me for saying that. But so what do you do as a botanist to establish that that is, in inverted commas, new and to document?

Yeah. And what is it you do? So there we are with my untutored eye. That just looks like any old palm leaf there, which it clearly isn't. And forgive me for saying that. But so what do you do as a botanist to establish that that is, in inverted commas, new and to document?