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Rachel Gordon explores how the insurer’s move to buy Azur, and its acquisition of the Axa XL team, has shifted the prestige insurance market

Going to bring in nosheen here. 0k. sorry, nosheen. because youve talked about the prism through which all news exists. what i want to ask you, is how do you feel? podcasts and the tone and approach of podcasts is influencing the news we consume and the the prism, to use alistair�*s word, that all information flows through. that depends which ones you listen to. i i mean, theres a danger that one could recreate the sort. of westminster bubble in the news podcast, l or that one is recreating - ...

A result of pretty sustained political conditioning, if you like. i think that what you do on the news channel, actually, has gone a long way to rectifying some of this, because actually you take issues, you do them in detail. whereas i think what happens with a lot of political coverage in particular, when you think how many hours of output there are, my complaint with the bbc generally is that i think it comes through a prism that is created by a right wing press, and i think that has always b...

My point is that while youre working within the bbc, you cant necessarily articulate that in the way that she did in the very high profile lecture, where, as adam says, she did some pretty good promotion for her new product withjon. but i think that the bbc has lost its confidence, and i think part of that is a result of pretty sustained political conditioning, if you like. i think that what you do on the news channel, actually, has gone a long way to rectifying some of this, because actually yo...

Hold via social media that i think whether a spin doctor is a bit aggressive or not seems to me kind of yesterdays story. and on that point, i should say thatjamie angus, a former senior bbc news executive, on the issue of emily maitlis monologue for which the bbc, the bbc retracted, said senior managers and news could see immediately why it couldnt be allowed to stand and they would have withdrawn it, even if number ten had not complained. now, on the issue. hold on now, alastair, im going to b...

Sustained political conditioning, if you like. i think that what you do on the news channel, actually, has gone a long way to rectifying some of this, because actually you take issues, you do them in detail. whereas i think what happens with a lot of political coverage in particular, when you think how many hours of output there are, my complaint with the bbc generally is that i think it comes through a prism that is created by a right wing press, and i think that has always been the case, but i...

0k. sorry, nosheen. because youve talked about the prism through which all news exists. what i want to ask you, is how do you feel? podcasts and the tone and approach of podcasts is influencing the news we consume and the the prism, to use alistairs word, that all information flows through? it depends which ones you listen to. - i mean, theres a danger that one could recreate the sort. of westminster bubble in the news podcast, l or that one is recreating - newsnight on a news podcast. but, you ...

To use alistairs word, that all information flows through. that depends which ones you listen to. i i mean, theres a danger that one could recreate the sort _ of westminster bubble in the news i podcast, or that one is recreatingl newsnight on a news podcast. but, you know, there is room| for all of these different kinds of audiences and different kinds of podcasts. - and i guess the view that we take is that its audience led. - its less insider, more sort- of outsider view of what that story is...

Of output there are, my complaint with the bbc generally is that i think it comes through a prism that is created by a right wing press, and i think that has always been the case, but i think its got worse since brexit. and adam made a very good point there about politicians, people can make up their minds, provided that the lies are called out. and i have to say, i think withjohnsons premiership, and i think weve seen the same with liz truss in her campaign, the lies are not being called out an...

Condemning 80 million americans, he wants an end to the politics of grievance. what is your take sowhat this is tonight and how this is viewed? >> well, a couple of things. the white house speech secretary said this would not be political. this was a convention speech in front of independence hall, i too was struck by the image -- of the dark red lighting the with two marines standing at attention in the background. when we analyze things, we do it through the prism of how the media would cover ...