ideal start, is it? it was not - as home secretary? this is not the ideal start, is it? it was not the i ideal start, is it? it was not the ideal start, is it? it was not the ideal end of the previous administration. for me, and i think for a lot of viewers, the key thing will be this. our national security is absolutely paramount. and perhaps even more paramount if that is possible in the current environment we are in. it is the prime minister to make a judgment as to whether or not national security has been compromised. i will not call on this programme for anyone to come and go, thatis programme for anyone to come and go, that is not my role, but the prime minister needs to be absolutely satisfied, home office officials, security services, they need to be completely confident when they send information to a home secretary that it is not going to go anywhere else. there is widespread concern, the observer talking about secret 0bserver talking about secret meetings of the home secret
this so it s still a mystery. and one of the this so it s still a mystery. and one of the other this so it s still a mystery. and one of the other papers were signed salman rushdie had just started to get used to living normally again after being in hiding for nine years. let s go back to the observer, emma, if you would. 0bserver, emma, if you would. starmer to demand a halt for autumn hike in energy prices. the cap must be held at £1971. the cap is not much of a cap of the keeps going up, is it? ~ . , much of a cap of the keeps going up, is it? . ., , , much of a cap of the keeps going up, isit?~ . , , ., is it? what is this word cap? there is it? what is this word cap? there is no cap- is it? what is this word cap? there is no cap- a is it? what is this word cap? there is no cap- a few is it? what is this word cap? there is no cap. a few weeks is it? what is this word cap? there is no cap. a few weeks ago - is it? what is this word cap? there is no cap. a few weeks ago
0bserver, they have said, set in emergency budget or base and winter authority. this emergency budget or base and winter authori . , ., , emergency budget or base and winter authori. ,., ., ,, , authority. this always happens if ou have authority. this always happens if you have any authority. this always happens if you have any big authority. this always happens if you have any big political- authority. this always happens if you have any big political issue, | you have any big political issue, former prime ministers crawl out and give us their wisdom. sometimes it is very helpful, and sometimes not. we have heard of it from john major and tony blairfrom time we have heard of it from john major and tony blair from time to time, gordon brown rarely weighs in, and when he does it is usually quite heavy weight staff stop the reality is grim and undeniable, that there are 4 million people, 4 million families who will be spending a quarter of their net income on energy bills. what he i
it s a journalist job to do exactly that, to mix - with those people and get on the inside but when i l was working at the bbc, that s what i was doing. | it s true but i remember as a young reporter to tony bevins, amazing, 0bserver, daily express i remember him telling me as a journalist, you must not socialise with politicians because it becomes corrupting, in a sense. that s the point. there s a difference between socialising j and using your rat like - cunning to get into a party where you overhear things. you ve. .. the person you just clinked i glasses with, you ve got to be able to put them on the front page tomorrow morning - for something they don t want. here s the problem, - withjohnson, without going into detail, there are things that people injournalism i knew aboutjohnson that didn t come out in time. | let s be frank. i think he was given a lot of benefit of the doubt. i because he s a clever person, goes out of his way to make people feel. like they re his friend. as
that s what i was doing. it s true but i remember as a young reporter to tony bevins, amazing, 0bserver, daily express i remember him telling me as a journal issue must not socialise with politicians because it becomes corrupting, in a sense. that s the point. there s a difference between socialising and using your rat like cunning to get into a party where you overhear things. you ve. the person you just clinked glasses with, you ve got to be able to put them on the front page tomorrow morning for something they don t want. here s the problem, withjohnson, without going into detail, there are things that people in journalism knew aboutjohnson that didn t come out in time. let s be frank. i think he was given a lot of benefit of the doubt. because he s a clever person, goes out of his way to make people feel like they re his friend. as a corbinite, i in the end had to pull the plug on support forjeremy