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The power of social media and, obviously, the broadcast and the print media. i mean, it's been really interesting, particularly a story like this. i mean, we were talking earlier to say, you know, these are the kinds of days when it's really hard not to want to be in the newsroom, not to want to sort of be following every twist and turn, cos it is one of the biggest political stories we've had for a long time, particularly about the prime minister. obviously, we could talk about brexit, but, you know, this has been an astonishing day. and, michael crick, if i could bring you in at this stage, ...

Which is the "greased piglet" — "we're trying to hedge our bets." and i should say that number 10 and mrjohnson have always denied lying, though they do accept that on several matters, they have said things which weren't true and then have corrected that. we're going to talk about the relationship between the number 10 press operation and the press in a moment with james ball, who's going to join us. but, joeyjones, i'd like to bring you in, because i've been talking about the evolution of the position of certain papers on notjust mrjohnson, but on politics more generally. but do you think t...

That they don't particularly like. and actually, now, we have a prime minister that they are holding, or trying to hold, to account. and i should say that line that you allude to, keir starmer asked the prime minister about that in prime minister's questions — he said, "yes or no, did you say it?" and the prime minister declined to give a yes or no answer. james, you began this section of the programme saying that the system needed to change. in different ways, joey, michael and jane have made a case that perhaps the media is functioning reasonably well in westminster. do you think perhaps t...