[Stuart]

I don't think we're going to get back to the days of "Did you threaten to overrule him?", or even the days of Robin Day style interviews, because as I think was alluded to on a previous discussion place incarnation, the political interviews have deteriorated because the politicians themselves have deteriorated...

I concur. Many politicians turn up with some cue cards stating the desired sound bites for the day.  It does become tiresome, but Sophy Ridge is rather good at getting past that and going for the kill which is not reputation-enhancing for the politicians.

Paxo was certainly good back in the day. However, it was later rumoured that the 14 requests of "did you threaten to overrule him?" was actually because the next VT or DTL wasn't ready, so he was spinning it out in a rather delicious way for the amusement of the audience. 

Rather like when Paxo was forced to read the weather forecast for a while and just turned it into a joke such as "it's raining somewhere tomorrow, take an umbrella".

Robin Day was a legend because he was respected by the politicians. They now view the media as a tool.