Im very critical of the bbc not defending decisions it makes editorially. The most recent one, not running the Prime Ministers brexit speech. Fine, thats a. Decision the director general or the head of news and Current Affairs should be up front, defending that decision. Or not, as the case may be. The bbc hides, when its under criticism, it hides. And im very critical of the bbc for that. And thats completely wrong, because they expect everybody else to come on and be accountable to the bbcs journalists when they are enquiring. Well, we asked the bbc for an interview to explain the decision did not broadcast the statement. But they refused, instead, giving us this explanation. Well, im joined now by nigel bonson, who is one of the viewers who contacted us about this and he is in our sheffield studio. Nigel, why were you unhappy with the bbcs decision not to broadcast the video . Well, i was up waiting for it, as many people were im sure. I waited for the interview to be broadcast and its i waited for the interview to be broadcast and itjust didnt happen. I didnt see any apology or any explanation until later. What you just mentioned about that explanation might involve internal politics between the normal process of the bbc and others going into number ten, but as far as the publics concerned, and as far as i was concerned, itjust didnt matter. I dont think the public care how its done, they wanted to hear the Prime Ministers address. So, the bbc might say they did report what he said, including reporting in advance all day what he was going to say and that audiences did get informed on the news content. Well, i certainly wasnt informed. But as far as im concerned what they reported in short, snappy bits during the day is irrelevant. I, and im sure others, wanted to hear the Prime Minister at 10pm, as had been widely suggested. Itn didnt put the footage out either, which is interesting. And youll be aware that number ten increasingly seem be using social media instead of speaking to national broadcasters, which is usual practice on recording a Statement Like this. I suppose the bbc and some viewers might feel that there is a potentially dangerous precedent. Do you have any concerns about that at all . I dont. What itn chose to do isnt relevant. The bbc, as a national broadcaster, should broadcast these things. And, the average member of the public wouldnt be aware of how its done. To be honest, i think its rather petty and to do with internal politics, rather than meeting the needs of the nation. Just to be clear, youd feel the same, whoever was Prime Minister, if this was how they chose to release their statements . Absolutely, and thats central to my argument and i hope thats not being missed. Journalists are definitely concerned that there is an attempt to control the press, to limit how his message is got across, which might, ultimately, i suppose broadcasters would say, be to the detriment of the public and Public Service to hold the government to acount on behalf of voters. Do you think at any stage there might be a point of principle around the Prime Ministers use of social media as his main way of getting out his message . Well, i think social media, nowadays, is just as important as national tv. I would clearly be concerned, as im sure with others, if that was being managed too much. My view is that had the bbc got into number ten to record it, there wouldnt have been any questions and answers anyway, so it wouldnt have held the Prime Minister to account. So if you had a message to give to bbc executives, given that they made this decision, what would you say they should do . I would say that the public and the viewers first and, as would normally happen, if the Prime Minister wants to address the nation, he should be able to. I would just draw the analogy of a general election after two months campaign, a decision that affects the next five years of the country, that would have been covered. Yet this has been a four Year Campaign and something that will affect the nation for perhaps generations and yet the Prime Minister wasnt heard on the night. Nigel bonson, thank you so much. Now for some of your other thoughts on topics this week. Remember, last week, we featured a mistake from bbc news when they showed a picture of lebron james instead of kobe bryant . Surely two black people couldnt be confused for each other again on the bbc, could they . Well, heres the Parliament Channel on monday. The bill does lack any legal guarantees to protect us against undermining food standards here, so. That was not dawn butler, it was in fact her fellow labour mp, marsha de cordova. Dawn butler tweeted. The bbc Parliament Channel apologised, saying. Also on monday, bbc breakfast did an interview with former one direction band member louis tomlinson. He was publicising his new solo album. But the line of questioning from presenters Louise Minchin and dan walker prompted complaints. Do you feel that, at some stage, ive put too much of myself in there or is that part of helping you in writing that way as well about the loss of your mum and your sister and other things . I think because of where i started my career, on the x factor and. You know, theres always been a camera on me, and ive always kind of given a lot of myself, its kind of all ive known in my career, really. So i almost use that to my advantage. Im brave enough to talk about these things and, yeah, its worked out. Im sure you get asked a lot about the potential of one direction getting back together at some stage. Youve ticked them all off now, youve gone trauma, zayn and now were finally on this one, i like it. Come on erm, ill give you the answer i give everyone else its inevitable. Louis tomlinson tweeted after the programme. Well, viewer, veronica e mailed to say. Well, the bbc gave us this reply. And, finally, a group of leading reporters from the National Media decided not to attend a downing street briefing on monday, when other journalists, who hadnt been invited, were turned away. This prompted Matthew Dudley to get in touch. Why has the bbc failed to report the fact that all journalists walked out of the briefing yesterday, the brexit briefing, yesterday, because of a government attempt to select particularjournalists . One of the people walking out was apparently laura kuenssberg, your person there. And ifind it unfathomable why you have not made this headline news. Well, the story hasnt featured on the main bbc tv news bulletins, but the bbc did give us this response. 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Now, storm ciara itself will develop under an incredibly strong jet stream, one of the strongest atlanticjet streams ive seen, with the winds in the jet stream 250 miles an hour. That is what will make this intense area of low pressure on sunday, which is storm ciara. Before we get there, over the next few hours, we will see the winds pick up as well. It will become quite blowy. A band of rain pushes east in intensity, followed by some blustery showers across western areas. Because it has been quite a windy start on saturday morning. Temperatures between 4 8 celsius. The rest of saturday, therell be a fair bit of sunshine for a time, especially across england and wales, but further north across ireland and scotland, the cloud will thicken through the afternoon. Outbreaks of rain and hill snow in scotland and strong gusts of wind. Northern ireland and scotland. They could reach up to 70 miles an hour. Strong enough to cause some disruption. From there it becomes very windy overnight as well across england and wales. A band of rain pushes its way in. Storm ciara doesnt really start arriving until later on sunday. Lets take a look at ciara, here it is under pressure charts. You can see how tightly packed the isobars are on this weather system, always a sign of strong winds. The strongest winds will come along in two batches, but really, it is going to be windy on sunday, pretty much across the whole of the uk, with gusts for most of us in the range of Something Like 60 80 miles an hour. We are going to see some impacts, some disruptive weather, on sunday. The strongest winds for scotland, along through the afternoon, certainly on the southern flank of this area of low pressure. That is where we will see the sign of strong winds. Notice how that comes through, especially through the central belt, late in the day on sunday. That could cause problems. Further south for england and wales we have got a cold front that is going to be bringing a squally band of heavy rain through, and that is ahead of this band of rain where we will get the strongest wind gust. With gusts of 60 80 miles an hour, and the strongest winds potentially lasting some 6 9 hours, the risk of impact just increases. Transport disruption is to be expected. Whether on roads, rails, at airports or even the ferries, we could see significant problems on sunday. This is bbc news welcome if youre watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. Im james reynolds. Our top stories growing anger in china quarantine squads detain people suspected of having the coronavirus as the death till continues to rise. Toll continues to rise. Thousands of passengers confined to their cabins onboard the diamond princess more than 60 people are infected with the virus. President trump fires two senior officials who testified against him at his impeachment trial. 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