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Communications, and he's now back on fleet street as deputy editor—in—chief of the sun. helen lewis, writer at the atlantic, first up, can you just clarify — how normal is it for a journalist to move between journalism and politics like that? well, it's enormously common in one direction — moving from journalism into politics — if you think about the fact that, you know, david cameron's spokesman was craig oliver. you know, this is not... you know, labour had seumas milne from the guardian. you know, this is not an unusual thing at all. what's slightly more unusual in this case is mo...

Helen lewis, writer at the atlantic, first up, can you just clarify how normal is it for a journalist to move between journalism and politics like that? well, it's enormously common in one direction, moving from journalism into politics, if you think about the fact that you know, david cameron's spokesman was craig oliver. you know, this is not, you know, labour had seamus milne from the guardian. you know, this is not an unusual thing at all. what's slightly more unusual in this case is moving back again so quickly. and also and that, i think, is the thing that makes it very hard because peop...

A former daily mailjournalist who was working as boris johnson's director of communications, and he's now back on fleet street as deputy editor—in—chief of the sun. helen lewis, writer at the atlantic, first up, can you just clarify — how normal is it for a journalist to move between journalism and politics like that? well, it's enormously common in one direction — moving from journalism into politics — if you think about the fact that, you know, david cameron's spokesman was craig oliver. you know, this is not... you know, labour had seumas milne from the guardian. you know, this is...

Ok, well, radio four is taking a deep dive into all these issues about how to fund the bbc if the licence fee goes. the briefing room with david aaronovitch is on thursday evening at 8pm on radio four, and available via bbc sounds afterwards, for listeners now who want even more on the licence fee. but for us, today, let's zoom out of these discussions for a moment, because within all these newspaper scoops about operation red meat and parties at downing street, there are some pretty difficult questions for the media to answer. for example, one of these parties was held the night before prince...

Digital. no more scratch paper, number two pencils, filling in those little bubbles. instead, students will take the shorter test online in their classrooms. and this time, you get a calculator to do the math. that's like a dream for me! here to break down these changes, priscilla rodriguez, vice president of college readiness assessments at the college board. priscilla, i remember, i wish i could say fondly, preparing for months, going to school on a saturday, with my snack in a paper bag, with my number two pencil. explain to us what's changing and what's not. the fact that i'm hearing that ...