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a publication at the heart of the conservative establishment. famously, borisjohnson was an editor of the magazine, kemi badenoch also worked there for a bit. fraser, hello, will you be anointing a leader? we're going to find out a five o'clock. and apparantlyjeremy hunt is struggling to stay in. the big news of course, is that a yougov poll puts penny mordaunt way ahead of all her rivals. the betting markets have moved behind her now so she is the odds on favourite. and will the spectator come out for her, do you think? i'm not a great fan of publications taken sides in these things...

the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello and welcome. today we are asking what role the media has in choosing the next conservative leader. how do you cover an election campaign that most of the public doesn't have a say in? and what might all this mean for a channel a's planned privatisation? next week's media bill, which would have included details of the sale has now been delayed. my guests today, fraser nelson, editor of the spectator, a publication at the heart of the conservative establishment. famously, borisjohnson was an editor of the magazine...

They delivered him, they sucked up to him, johnson has described the telegraph as his real boss and they are part of the problem. and the next thing that should happen, our political culture at our media culture have to change, otherwise it will happen again. applause fraser, is he looking at you there? you edit a magazine that's at the centre of conservative political life. there's 200,000 voters here. it feels about hundred thousand. there's only 200,000 people voting, i wonder how many of them are spectator readers? that's the funny thing, when it comes to borisjohnson, 14 million people vo...

Like alastair campbell. i'm going to interrupt you there, just to say, as you mentioned alastair campbell, i think this might be a good moment to bring in a clip from alastair campbell because that question i posed at the top, how much influence does the british press have in this? tony blair's former spin doctor was speaking on the bbc question time recently and he took heated exception to a fellow panellist, telegraph columnists tim stanley, let's have a listen. it's all a joke to these guys. 0h, here we go. things can only get better. here we go. they are part of the problem, the british me...