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He just wanted the show. we spoke for a long time about the legacy of it and he was very interested, it has been my lifes work, all those projects are still going strong and most of them on very involved with. it was a breath of fresh air. you alluded to it at the beginning, when i heard him on the media show, i caught that in distinctiveness and spontaneity of him. he is someone who will just go with an idea. which we used to have in debate programmes in the �*80s and �*90s whereby you made...

Nice debate programmes in the 80s and 90s whereby you made a programme because you are trusted to make that programme by the broadcaster, michael granger said by the broadcaster, michael grangersaid ok, go by the broadcaster, michael granger said ok, go off and make it. never had any contact with bbc. withjust deliver the programme each week and that was it. where is now there is almost a committee stage of focus groups and i think been in the end has been lovely. irate in the end has been lovel...

Then the bp chief executive said that the energy crisis was a cash machine for his business. so let me go to the second defence. ministers claimed a windfall tax would put off vital investment, but the industry said a windfall tax would not even change their plans. so then they said a windfall tax would be un—conservative. so un—conservative, madam deputy speaker, that margaret thatcher, george osborne and now this government are doing exactly that. finally the chancellor himself said, it wo...

When they have to take it on a cycle basis, sometimes it gets interrupted. they have taken a third cycle, they need to buy a fourth cycle, the private sector or hospital doesnt have it. , , , ., sector or hospital doesnt have it. just because what supplies are flooding _ it. just because what supplies are flooding social— it. just because what supplies are flooding social media, - are flooding social media, amplified by focus groups and citizens that matters in their hands. shellac lankan dies...

Would like to see. i think theres a little bit of a waning guinness generally because of the lack of novelty, because every increasingly sounds like them, etc. >> sometimes you get back on board for season five. here is the thing with trump, i agree, hes not a died of his powers. we are listening to these focus groups, essentially ones who say, i like him, i like the policies, im ready to move forward. heres the thing, though. theres nobody in these primaries or any races that wants to meaningfu...

In 2016. i happily supported him in 2020. i still like president trump just fine, but i dont care who he is for in this race. brian kemp is good enough for me. he is a person of our state. you see that is part of what is driving this here, the ability of republicans to distinguish between what they say about donald trump and how they decide to vote in a contested republican primary. thats one of the things that will be a real sign of how that -- one of the lessons of the primary season is seeing...

Out. >> i did some focus groups for "the new york times" of trump voters across states like georgia, pennsylvania, ohio, places where trump is really trying to make an aggressive push in many of these primaries and what we found is that when you ask these voters, do you want candidates who will back a trump-like agenda, almost every hand goes up. and you say do you want a candidate who has trumps personality, every hand goes down. so for a lot of these republican voters, being a candidate that y...

Or maybe it�*s the pa rtygate controversy? and to what extent has sir keir starmer turned around labour�*s fortunes? the stakes are high for all the party leaders. let�*s turn to laura kuenssberg. what�*s at stake? a huge amount and different things in different parts of the country and different challenges for a different party leaders and an election night like this is a real patchwork because there are local elections, not a big general election so we have to be careful about drawing ...

About your answer there, crystal, it might be something very positive for democrats to do. you didnt mention biden until the end. what you are talking about is doing what many people do make politics local. his numbers are in the tank far below most candidates across the country. >> democrats are moving from break the glass to turn out the lights. an election about the economics that people are feeling and more and more voters believe it is the presidents policies that are making things worse. 4...

Anderson. shes a gop pollster and strategist, now also cnn political commentator, and shes here with me in washington. good to see you. >> good to see you, brian. >> i have been wanting to talk to you about a while about these focus groups. every time you speak to voters, i learn more. what you have learned so far about the disconnects between the public and the press, media and the public. >> i learned a lot of americans are really focused on the challenges theyre facing in their own lives and ...