07-03-2023, 06:00 PM
(07-03-2023, 03:42 PM)Jon Wrote:Yes. Becouse it's shows two things: that established (left) journalists will work for the channel. Nigel may not be a household name in the way some self promoters are, but he's a VERY well known Westminster figure; secondly it shows an awareness within the channel management of the need to position differently in a changing political world - the explicit reference to potential Labour government in an official PR story was surprisingly honest.(07-03-2023, 03:12 PM)Stockland Hillman Wrote: Actually the Nigel Nelson part of the story is the most interestingIs it though? It sounds like he’s just going to continue to be a pundit across multiple programmes, it’s just now he’ll have a job title. If anything it’s probably part of their cost cutting drive when it comes to pundits. The Lee Anderson story is the bigger thing here, because he’ll be a presenter which means he’ll likely be replacing someone else and he’s likely to say things that are quite close to the line and the fact it’s another in a long line of Conservative leaning hosts.
He days in the piece "As Labour looks likely to win the next election, and I’ve spent my career with a Labour-supporting newspaper, the perspective of anyone from the Left will be critical to any conversation about politics.”
Definitely a serious bit of recruitment