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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 the system doesn't need to change? i think there's been some very, very finejournalism done in the last...

But by convention, they can't say it, and so the consequence for the individual — you know, they don't get attached to the falsehood. incredibly, sort of unfairly, cabinet ministers who go out and do the morning rounds might be told something and say it in good faith or broadcast tv, but their name gets attached to the lie. so i think the hope was... you know, ministers and mps were quite disappointed and annoyed that they'd been sent out to say there was no wrongdoing in number 10, there were no parties, there was none of that, and the press operation was changed, a new director of comms ca...

Senior Tories hit out at ‘disgraceful’ promotion of Sarah Dines, who has been fiercely criticised for her handling of groping claims

Joey, you were wanting to come in. sorry, jane. let me just bring joey in, and then i'll come to you, of course. well, look, what it feels like we're going to see, | with borisjohnson brought down by the events of the past few - years, suggests to me that, no, the system isn't broken. - this is an example of| proper accountability, where an issue comes to light, it's grievously mishandled - by the man at the top, and he has to pay thel consequences of that. where i've had an issue over the past few months, - as a formerjournalist particularly, is that, i very often, particularly around partyga...

Matter what they say because everything is... everyone's talking to everyone. but on a normal day, you might have to pull them aside, you might have to tap them on the shoulder. if you already know them, they mightjust walk over to you. but if it's someone you don't know, you might have to do a little work to get them to come to you. well, thanks to you as well forjoining us. that's eleanor from politicshome. so those are some of the practicalities of how the media operates on a day like this in westminster. let's also understand how politics and those within it are using the different forms o...