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National party, the governing party can change the news agenda. it gets to get to do stuff, it passes legislation, changes peoples lives. i think part of the art of being a good journalist is being distracted. its being interested in things. its being a bit like the dog going, "squirrel." but the advantage of the governing party is it can produce squirrels on demand. the problem that the opposition parties have, and this is the interesting thing in political combat is how they deal with it. the ...

In partnership with other companies like samsung. various ways in which you can engage with reuters content. and i think that the most important thing is making sure that were getting unbiased content out into the marketplace so people can make the best decisions possible. there is one more story that i want to squeeze in. its really about the downing street briefing room which we are sure you are all aware. remember it was the plan of a government spokesperson meant to be addressed the media di...

Thursday the eye of the story is moving to a point of crisis for the prime minister or has nowhere new to go. friday something will happen and sunday acts as a fire break for the political news. that tends to be how i think about it. that is a very parochial definition based around my specific thing. thats probably a good way of thinking about the news cycle as really the workflow cycle for story. its beginning, its middle, its end and the publication cycle of whatever your news product is. of c...

From ten at night until ten in the morning. 12 hours? 12 hours. how are you going to manage? caffeine. primarily. i dont know, its a long session, ive never played for ten hours before but thats the nature of what we are doing and if we are to raise the sort of funds we want to raise then its going to need a bit of commitment from everybody involved. this is will champion i from the band coldplay. imjoining the - drumathonlive 2021... 50 drummers from around the world are taking part for seven d...

He cant seem to do anything right to win the scottish public. thats less than 30 seconds but i appreciate your brevity. thank you to all my guests today. i am back with you next week. thank you all for listening and watching. take care. good afternoon. if you have got outdoor plants through because of the weekend, you probably do not need me to tell you that things are remaining unsettled. plenty more showers in the forecast. this was the picture saturday afternoon in devon, so quite a lot of cl...

Thomas cock is digital editor of bristol live, the online offshoot of the bristol post. catriona stewart is chief reporter at the glasgow times. stephen bush is political editor at the new statesman. katy balls is deputy political editor at the spectator and michael friedenberg is also here, hes president of reuters, the global news agency. now michael, we are going to talk to you a little bit later on in the show. but first of all i just want to hear a little bit about this story of reuters, a ...

It was meant to have been a non—stop year of art and culture, a citywide party. but then came the pandemic. however, four and a half months on, things are finally happening in coventry. tt things are finally happening in covent . , ,., things are finally happening in covent . , . ., coventry. it feels so exciting to have not coventry. it feels so exciting to have got to _ coventry. it feels so exciting to have got to this _ coventry. it feels so exciting to have got to this point. - coventry. ...

Against anas sarwar in her glasgow constituency because this was the first time that we had two party leaders standing in one place. and she was very personable throughout the election. obviously there were lots of coronavirus constraints but she did a really good job of being out and about in the community. than say, up against anas sarwar. initially when alex salmond launched his party, there were concerns that the election was just going to become an ongoing row between nicola sturgeon and al...

It is to them, where that comes from. i think there are bigger issues for our local audience. - room, is a shame that stephen, what is your take on the briefing room, is a shame that is not happening? yeah, its definitely a shame for us in the media. its an opportunity to pin the government down on record. when theres video footage, right? that sadly of course is the reason why i think it was a pretty silly idea from a government perspective and i think why it ended up dead in the water. it woul...

Party in certain parts of england now, it did lend to hammering the image home. stephen, if i can ask you, i know you actually used the image in your early election write—up. there was obviously a taste for that image. do you think itjust spread like wildfire because it was a great image or do you think theres actually an issue here withjournalists and the press having a kind of groupthink? no i think to be honest it was a good image. one of the things we always struggle with injournalism is b...