21-09-2023, 10:18 AM
(21-09-2023, 09:34 AM)Brekkie Wrote: 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.
Absolutely correct. That's what the news channels are for.