Rob Burley
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Author, TV person at Sky News, Ex-BBC Head of Political Programmes. LFC. Living, irritatingly, with Parkinson's. Agent: Jack Fogg at
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This time next week you can buy Lying Bastard in paperback in the shops, with a new chapter addressing matters Sunak & Starmer. Warning: features fictional meat tax! You can pre-order here now: and here's a little video with jazzy music and the reviews
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My question to the Meghan haters is essentially: why do you care so much? What is driving your bizarre hatred of someone you’ve never met and will never meet? Why does whether she hold hands with her husband actually bother you. It’s crazy. Stop it.
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If I take a camera crew with me, does it still count as quiet reflection?
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Your annual reminder that Raheem Sterling left Liverpool to win the Champion’s League.
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I mean “Firstly, are you Ok?” is just totally bananas. All perspective has left the building.
WTF is this??? Jesus Christ. Get a grip, TV industry.
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That press conference made Theresa May look like Barack Obama.
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There’s a certain irony to this. Just over a week ago the Conservative Party posted the entire Jeremy Corbyn interview with
@afneil
on the front of their Facebook page. They didn’t complain about the format then. Credit to Sturgeon, Corbyn, Swinson and Farage for showing up.
Latest in Neil-gate - Senior Conservative source claims public might not be interested in Johnson interview - ‘The public are fed up with interviews that are all about the interviewer and endless interruptions. The format is tired and broken and needs to change’
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Here's
@afneil
interviewing
@benshapiro
on
#politicslive
- this is the full, unedited version. It is not Fox News or an unmediated YouTube video but a tough interrogation.
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They couldn’t even wait until tomorrow.
'The only person that Meghan I think at the moment is crying for is for herself. Certainly not for the Queen.'
Tom Bower discusses Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's attendance at Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.
🖥 GB News on YouTube
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I mean, to be fair, having your passport stamped is a pretty amazing feeling. The sheer romance of it. The best is a blue passport AND a stamp. Wow. I’d queue for days for those vibes.
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Memo: don’t put comedians on Question Time or any other serious political show. It’s not the time for that nonsense anymore.
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Oh dear, the truth is that Meghan seems like a perfectly kind and warm person who doesn’t deserve the constant vilification. Sadly, vilification sells. I wish they’d leave her alone.
Back on the right side of tik tok
(It's the hug from another angle. And the convo)
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I told you that
@Jo_Coburn
was good.
"What is transparent about a meeting between the PM and the person responsible for deciding his political future?" asks Jo Coburn
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi says he does not know who arranged Boris Johnson and Sue Gray's meeting
#SundayMorning
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As self-owns go this is up there. The arch-critic of the so-called virtue signaller epitomised (apparently) by Meghan Markle (who he should just leave alone), Dan offers something so obviously confected & self-referencing that he destroys himself in a puff of delicious hypocrisy.
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My, the Meghan hatred on here. So uncalled for and unpleasant.
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Keir Starmer gets eight minute interview on BBC flagship political programme. You can’t do a proper political interview in eight minutes.
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It’s unclear exactly why the BBC Dershowitz debacle happened last night, but one thing’s for sure: if you cut staff numbers and embark on a restructure that will reduce editorial oversight there will be more mistakes.
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Further to the discussion of Southgate, there is criticism of his tactical ability etc. etc. But he’s only done better than literally everyone else who’s tried before him for half a century! And the idea that there’s someone else out there who’s better (and available) is bull.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, 9 minutes and 18 seconds on
#partygate
from
@AndrewMarr9
you do not want to miss. If someone needs to know what happened today, share this.
@lbc
@global
player
"In the old days 'taking personal responsibility' was almost a synonym for 'I am about to resign'. Well, I don't know what it means now."
Andrew Marr's devastating takedown of Boris Johnson, in response to the Sue Gray report's "gruesome detail".
@AndrewMarr9
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If only the Privileges Committee had a Tory majority who could overpower the all-powerful Harriet Harman.
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Odd that the BBC Politics pages don’t seem to have any reference to the Johnson comparison between Ukraine and Brexit. I may be wrong and have missed it. It seems to me to be a quite controversial thing to say and noteworthy in the current context.
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I, for one, am tired of this Labour Government and its endless strikes.
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Reports of 40 babies, some beheaded, found at a kibbutz. This isn’t “freedom fighting.” it’s depraved violence perpetrated by sick men.
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If you didn't see today's
#politicslive
I recommend checking the whole show out on iPlayer. But this is just the stare-out between Mark Francois and Will Self. I've worked in telly for 23 years and I'm not sure I've ever seen anything quite like it.
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4) He is not being normalised in this interview but challenged for views many regard as disturbing and extreme. These views are getting into the phones and computers of millions. Too many, we think, to ignore. So we asked
@afneil
to interview him. Please watch the interview.
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I mean, whisper it, but Truss is increasingly good at this. I think she’s demonstrated in this campaign that if she wins she won’t be any sort of pushover for Labour.
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Boom!
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2) . .we can do our job and challenge with tough questions put by
@afneil
. Shapiro is actually "platformed" when he speaks, unchallenged, to 5.2million on Facebook, 2.1m on Twitter and 1.5m on Instagram. If you are worried about this you should watch this very tough interview.
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This is an odd “exclusive” because that makes it sound as if Tommy Robinson is somebody all broadcasters are definitely bidding and competing for. Whereas, for my programmes anyway, we’re just not.
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No matter what eh?
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1) Those attacking Laura K for mentioning that the man arguing with Boris Johnson was a Labour activist need to do a thought experiment: would they think relevant if the politician were Jeremy Corbyn and the member of the public a Tory activist, however sincere? Of course.
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This is a tough interview but, as with
@NicolaSturgeon
and
@jeremycorbyn
, I want to thank
@joswinson
for taking part. It’s important for democracy and a serious test as people make their decisions about how to vote next week.
#andrewneilinterviews
"I'm sorry about that. It was one of the things that we did get wrong"
Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson apologises for her party's support for coalition benefit cuts, saying "we should have stopped it"
[Tap to expand]
#BBCElection
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The BBC need to explain very precisely how they came to take down the Róisín Murphy material and confirm whether or not a meeting was held about the content which referenced her views on trans. I genuinely find it hard to believe BBC censored like that but it needs clearing up.
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She works for The Spectator magazine. They’ll be the ones paying her. It’s ok to have views on television, radio and elsewhere that you don’t agree with. That’s the deal in a democracy. Stop trying to suppress arguments and focus on winning them.
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#Marr
asks Chinese ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming to explain footage from China of handcuffed and blindfolded detained people
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Almost a clean sweep of the front pages in the morning for the
@afneil
interview with
@jeremycorbyn
- only pesky Daily Star swerved it I gather. Political interviews really matter and make a difference.
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1) There is, understandably, a strong reaction to us interviewing Ben Shapiro on today's
#politicslive
. We do so because he has millions of followers on social media and is hugely influential, particularly among young people worldwide. We could ignore that or. . .
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For the third consecutive week,
@afneil
's new show
#andrewneilshow
out rates Channel 4 News and Peston. Thanks to everyone watching. Politics works in prime-time!
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1)Because of the changes in BBC News announced today, my job as Editor of Live Political Programmes has closed. I’m hugely proud of the teams and the programmes they delivered. Programmes, not just news, really matter.
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1/ Today’s my last day at the BBC. It’s been an absolute privilege to work on, change and invent programmes for the last 13 years. The BBC is not perfect but it is wonderful and a huge asset to the country. It needs protection and support.
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Some listeners and viewers didn’t like
@johnsweeneyroar
on the debut Andrew Marr Tonight because he mentioned he opposed Brexit. But a) it’s ok if he opposed Brexit and you didn’t, that’s a free society and b) are you in Kyiv bravely reporting? No. He’s a bit of a legend tbh.
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Very troubling evidence of the way that BBC executives operate in relation to Government and how they put pressure on journalists to reflect the Number 10 line. This goes to the heart of it and needs investigation.
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1) I was going to retweet this with no comment, but instead I’m going to explain why it matters so much to me. In November 2021 I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. I’ve largely kept it secret. I was too scared of being written off/discriminated against. But I’m done with that now.
(1/2) Breaking news: A large phase 3 trial of ambroxol currently used to treat cough inflammation is to start in early 2023. This world-first trial will aim to establish its potential to slow the progression of Parkinson’s.
@VAInstitute
@ParkinsonsUK
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1) Mark Oaten to
@AndrewMarr9
on Westminster: I'm afraid drugs are commonplace. I mean, I used to know of MPs who were snorting coke off their office desks, I saw editor- political editors of national newspapers snorting it off toilet seats, I saw widespread drug-taking.
@LBC
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Jeez. The guy they are targeting is a very junior researcher age 25. Leave him alone.
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If
@bbclaurak
WASN’T talking regularly to Cummings while he was in Number 10 there’d be a problem. It’s literally her job to talk to and assess the veracity of such sources to keep the public informed.
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If you’re enjoying the show, that’s a lot to do with our first class national broadcaster. Needs cherishing.
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Enjoying quiet meal in Yarmouth IOW. A man appears, v. loud, embarrasses the waitress with jokes about “watersports”. Makes a call, pretends to be calling from Kiev, comedy accent. Loud. Says “c***” loudly. Ruins the atmosphere. Look at him again. It’s Jim Davidson. Of course.
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I have literally zero shame about an all-women panel. Zero. We invited people and they said yes and then we realised our best line-up was all female. If you have a problem with that, you have a problem.
#politicslive
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@ToniaAntoniazzi
Hi Tonia - if you wait to watch the interview you will see he is very directly challenged about his views on abortion. Views that otherwise - as in his video "‘Ben Shapiro DESTROYS the abortion argument’" - reach 3 million, unchallenged.
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Chris Mason having another good war. Really enjoying him as BBC political editor.
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My point here - for those who can’t think - is not that Brand has been convicted of anything. He hasn’t. But that serious allegations of rape and sexual assault should be listened to and taken seriously and not dismissed because they don’t suit your screwy political agenda.
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Breaking News: if you cut the BBC’s funding for years cost-cutting will mean dismantled teams, homogenised content, merged services, reduced coverage of things that only the BBC did and an exodus of talent on and off-screen. Then eventually people will start to notice.
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If you missed this, where’ve you been. I’ve been working on political interviews for 25 years and this is one of the best of recent times. Proper research, forensic and no susceptibility to bluster. Not about the interviewer but about the people who are affected by policy. 10/10
The Prime Minister has had his say. The commentators have had theirs.
Now have yours. My full Downing St interview with Boris Johnson:
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We now know that reports of babies/children killed at Kfar Aza confirmed. Methods of murder remain unclear. So, they may have beheaded babies or may have shot babies. If you're focusing on that distinction and bizarre point-scoring around it, ask yourself why.
Reports of 40 babies, some beheaded, found at a kibbutz. This isn’t “freedom fighting.” it’s depraved violence perpetrated by sick men.
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News! I'm very excited to be moving to
@SkyNews
next month to work with one of the very best political journalists in the business
@BethRigby
on her fantastic interview show. I'm so happy to be joining Sky News, it's an absolute dream come true for me. Can't wait to get started!
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Reading transcript of the Starmer/Ferrari interview about whether women have penises etc. I can see a day in the future where the question is asked and the same answer given in an election campaign, in front of a studio audience, and it will be brutal for Labour. Needs work.
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The thing about impartiality is not that you don’t have political views but that you don’t pursue or promote them when working for the BBC. Guido also knew that Andrew Neil was on the right but never complained about that. Both proper journalists who did great work at the BBC.
"As somebody who wants a Labour victory at the next election..." We always knew Andrew.
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3.7m watched Dominic Cummings on BBC1 News Special yesterday afternoon.
#unlikelybankholidaytelly
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Imagine how heartening it would be to see Sheffield United get into the Champion’s League by virtue of pure endeavour and football intelligence at the expense of a team who basically attempts to buy success.
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I don’t want to be po-faced about this, after all people are interested in stories about celebs like Schofield and it has its place, but the fact that the BBC devotes serious interview time to him and to Andrew Tate, yet has abandoned long political interviews is pretty damning.
Thoughts on the broadcasting of Schofield, Tate and Mizzy.
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The endless use of the word “platform” instead of interview is absurd. It suggests people come on and can make a speech. In fact, Banks was pressed and would not answer where the money came from. People will draw their own conclusions. It’s not a “platform”, it’s an interview.
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BBC editor ‘ordered colleague not to investigate’ £350m Brexit claim
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Checked what was on Frost the morning after the 2003 Iraq war march. The pro-march voice was Mark Seddon (in papers) and you yourself put up Defence Secretary John Reid explaining why you would be pressing on irrespective of the size of the march the previous day.
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I know it's a side issue now, but can we just get the list of 102 supporters? Just for completeness so we can know for sure whether it was another fib?
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Because she’s a brilliant journalist.
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Kudos to GMB for the clarity of this, gives viewers the chance to evaluate the story and make a judgement.
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This is powerful stuff from
@bindelj
- utterly shocking stuff on now-ex member of the Mermaids board. First principle should be protection and safeguarding of children.
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So, here's the thing, people you don't agree with will sometimes be on TV.
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As well as the new show,
@afneil
will continue to present
#politicslive
on Thursdays and, as we saw during the Tory leadership race, there'll be more from him when there are big moments like Budgets and elections. This Week has ended but Andrew remains firmly at the BBC.
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This is now heading towards half a million views. Who knew how much people enjoyed a bit of French gesticulation?
#PoliticsLive
Former WTO director general Pascal Lamy does not look impressed with Tory MP Iain Duncan Smith talking
#Brexit
#politicslive
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General Election 2019: Boris Johnson's interview with Andrew Marr fact-checked - BBC News
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Gosh, “if you are going to cast the first stone, you need to be squeaky clean” from arch stone-caster Jeremy Kyle who presided over a programme which judged and castigated and humiliated ordinary members of the public without a scrap of moral justification for years.
Jeremy Kyle reacts to confirmation Labour's Angela Rayner was at Keir Starmer's 'beergate' event: "If you are going to cast the first stone, you need to be squeaky clean."
Watch TalkTV live 🔸
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I’m very excited to share the cover of my book, WHY IS THIS LYING BASTARD LYING TO ME? It's about truth & lies on political TV from Thatcher to Sunak and everything in between.
Warning: may contain jokes.
It's out 11 May & you can pre-order it here:
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Jo Swinson’s election happened after 4pm yesterday, so you are correct: we didn’t cover it at 1215 because it was in the future at that point.
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The only person I know who's involved in the Huw Edwards story is his wife, Vicky Flind, who I worked with at the BBC. She's a hugely talented and a thoroughly decent and good person. I hope she's left alone now too.
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I honestly think lots of people simply want their perspective and their perspective alone to be represented in the media. And when other views are represented they call it bias.
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Lots of people asking when Andrew Neil’s Interviews with the party leaders get underway. They start on BBC1 next Monday night at 7.30pm with
@NicolaSturgeon
then
@jeremycorbyn
at 7pm on Tuesday 26th with more to come the following week.
@afneil
#GE2019
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Part of “operation red meat” - distract from partygate by effectively cutting BBC funding again. This will mean services will have to be cut, staff in news and elsewhere will be lost, more mistakes will be made. Short-sighted doesn’t cover it.
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This commentary about the Ayew red is absurd. He committed a foul that is always a yellow. The argument seems to be that he shouldn’t get a yellow because it would mean he would be sent off because of his earlier caution. That’s not how it works. Idiotic from
@DFletcherSport
tbh.
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@darachomaolain
Here's
@afneil
interviewing
@benshapiro
- this is the full, unedited version. it is not Fox News or an unmediated YouTube video but a tough interrogation.
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A very healthy 800k watched
@afneil
‘s new show last night. Comparing favourably or matching other political shows that air in the evening.
#goodstart
#showone
#BBCANS
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Watched some of Borat 2. The whole act largely relies on humiliating and lying to people and relying on their good manners to keep them from saying anything. It’s always been the basis of the joke but it used to seem funnier. Can’t really get on board for it anymore.
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I don't know what the legalities around citizenship etc. will demand & I accept they are important. But how extraordinary to be involved in cutting off innocent people's heads, filming it and posting it and then feel able to proclaim concepts like due process and justice.
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Also lots of tweets suggesting that Laura named the man in question and "outed him". Not true: Mr Salem had tweeted about the incident himself and, what's more, other media outlets had retweeted his tweet before her. Here's Channel 4 News doing that. Yet the attack is on LK.
The father has now tweeted about the incident. He says that he is a Labour activist.
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It's been special having complete strangers calling for me to resign over the past week. Thanks. As Andrew said tonight: we cannot compel anyone to do an interview. If you're cross about it then blame them. We acted in good faith throughout. And it's not too late.
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The BBC is publicly committed to achieving 50:50 representation of men and women on our shows. It’s a great initiative and makes programmes better. With political shows it’s tough as men dominate. So we can address that by booking excellent women in the paper review. Simple!
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1) For those wondering how, given his tweets, Abudullah Patel made it onto the debate last night. The answer: his Twitter account had been deactivated, his tweets could not be read and his account did not exist when searched for. . .
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She's a Labour MP. She has constituents who vote for her. You are not the arbiter of who counts as Labour. And your assertion about the membership view is made up. Stop trying to shut down people you don't like.
@RobBurl
@jessphillips
Jess Phillips is "not exactly Labour" as you obviously know Rob, she is widely disliked by the membership and does not support the Labour leadership - why try to pretend otherwise?
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Tell you what
@bbclaurak
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Good
@jonronson
interview with
@MonicaLewinsky
in today's Guardian. Here's her excellent TedTalk
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“It is not too late. We have an interview prepared. Oven-ready, as Mr Johnson likes to say”
Andrew Neil issues a challenge for Boris Johnson to commit to an interview with him, to face questions on why people have “deemed him to be untrustworthy”
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6) Today's news is personally sad: I love the BBC and have defended it passionately, but I’m now looking forward to what comes next, inside the BBC or outside in the wider world. Very much open to new ideas! Feel free to get in touch. . .
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Why would anyone opt for ITV coverage of the final when they can watch it on the BBC?
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