Strongly worded complaints like those that bbc news has a bias against brexit, significantly outnumber objections of a prejudice in favour of brexit. Though there have been plenty of the letter also in the last few days have seen the arrival of a new Television Programme and this contentious area, hoping to shed some light on the twists and turns of the process. Brexit cast which has been running as a podcast for more than two years has now taken over the thursday late night slot previously occupied by andrew neils this week on bbc one. At the start of the first show one of its four presenters outlined what new audiences should expect. For people sitting in a box with headphones on. And its not the usual thing of telly and suits and auto cues and all that kind of stuff. That is obvious. It is not our usual persona on television either because if you see us on the ten oclock news or if you hear us on radio four, we will be sounding a lot more serious and we give short answers. We summar
After day one of the solheim cup at gleneagles. Good morning. Theres a lot of sunshine around to start our saturday but for scotland and Northern Ireland, todays tale is one of increasing cloud, some rain and strengthening winds. All the detailfor you coming up. Its saturday the 14th of september. Our top story the former Prime Minister David Cameron has criticised borisjohnson and michael gove, accusing them of trashing his government with what he describes as their appalling behaviour during the brexit referendum. In his first major interview since leaving downing street three years ago, mr cameron has told the Times Newspaper that the result of the referendum left him feeling depressed, and that he worries about it every day. Heres our Political Correspondent helen catt. After years of carefully keeping himself out of the headlines, former Prime Minister David Cameron is once again the big news in town, and that may not be welcome news for Boris Johnson. He and his cabinet colleague
Bbc sounds. Now its time for newswatch, with samira ahmed. This week, how is a new weekly tv programme trying to explain brexit . Hello and welcome to news watch. A new take for Television Audiences on a very familiar subject, the pod cast brexit cast comes to tv. Will its informal approach enlighten confused viewers . And how do its presenters and the bbcs journalist in general deal with rising levels of anger about perceived bias over brexit . To say feelings have been running high over brexit and over the bbcs coverage is to state the obvious, but this week if anything, the temperature was raised again. What got many viewers hot under the collar was the reporting of this development in the long running saga on wednesday. The high Scottish Court rules borisjohnson has suspended parliament illegally to avoid scrutiny of his brexit plans. Opposition mps demand the recall of parliament as a judgment sends shock waves through westminster. The case was brought by a group of Opposition Mps
The case of the gentleman we heard from in the Report Isjust the case of the gentleman we heard from in the report is just how much he was willing to share with us, that level of detail is rare to come across because most people in this situation dont want to talk to journalists about their experience. They find it very difficult to actually communicate with their families, how do they do it . That is an interesting point, why cant a uyghur in the uk picked up a phone and call his family . That is because uyghurs in china are under intense surveillance. They assume their calls and Text Messages will be monitored by the state. One expert told us if a call comes in from a Family Member overseas, they wont pick up because they fear communicating free like that will put them at risk in some way. They feel at risk and hugely isolated as well. Sir geofrey nice kc is chair of the Uyghur Tribunal and we can talk to him now. Iam sure i am sure you heard that response to the bbc from the Chinese