21-09-2023, 03:36 PM
(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.The Commons isn't in recess until next week for their 'partying events', so there is no reason why it couldn't have been a statement in there. I believe the Speaker has made comments before about things being announced in the media before in Parliament. However, this is a change to an existing policy and nobody knows who will be in power in 2030, let alone 2035.
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.
They can make official 'Prime Ministerial Broadcasts' which are shown on all the PSBs, but they are set piece events rather than pressers. I can't remember one since the COVID lockdown. They are rare, and there is an 'Official Opposition Broadcast' the following day.