21-09-2023, 09:34 AM
(21-09-2023, 08:09 AM)Former Member 237 Wrote: Well if there is to be no vote then I agree it should go via parliament. But that puts the bbc in an even stronger position to justify the broadcast, as ultimately it is the people who will be scrutinising.There is absolutely no tradition though of broadcasting every Prime ministers speech live on BBC1. We're not America where they regularly rip up primetime because the President wants to say something.
Only when they're in the national interest would the BBC give them airtime on BBC1. Ultimately broadcasting that speech yesterday live would have made no significant impact on anybodies immediate lives.