Of people also listening is one that almost does not occur to you quite a lot of the time. that can lead to errors. i have huge sympathy with politicians who have made mistakes in what they say because that is a terribly easy thing to do in this sort of circumstance. but it does feel difficult. it does feel stressful at times. but i believe it is something that s worth doing. do you want to confess to an error? we have made errors, of course. the last election, something we put out had an error in it, we had to ring round all of the journalists and say, sorry, we got this wrong. in terms of what i ve said on air, i m sure i ve made one, but i cannot bring any to mind. you must think, have i gone too far there? have i sounded hyperbolic, rather than cool and judgmental? i think there are times when i ve done that. you get caught up in the excitement of the moment. i do find fiscal things exciting, i m afraid. what a terrible confession! ....