[Brekkie]

Well Thatcher famously tried and I suspect they all tried over the years, but the difference seems to be it didn't work back then.

I get with the initial pandemic lockdown there would need to be some communication between the government and the BBC over the messaging and perhaps the language around that messaging, but it seems this went beyond that. It would be interesting to know too whether it's just the BBC who comes under pressure or whether such calls are made to all news organisations too. And it does also raise the issue of whether the government have any direct influence over the editorial of GB News.