20-09-2023, 09:24 PM
(20-09-2023, 07:54 PM)Dougal Wrote: It's unusual for a Prime Minister to call a press conference. Put to one side the daily press conferences during the pandemic and consider a moment the circumstances in which one would expect to hear from a Prime Minister. One could argue that last year, having dismissed a Chancellor of the Exchequer, a press conference by the Prime Minister should have been on BBC One.Absolutely not - it was just the usual grandstanding and announcing policy away from the scrutiny of parliament. The BBC does it's duty by digesting it to report on within the bulletin - and indeed gad already done its public service duty by leaking the plans beforehand.
By that standard, today's press conference - arranged at the last minute in response to economic, political and societal criticism - could, should and did warrant being broadcast on BBC One.