the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello and welcome. today we are asking what role the media has in choosing the next conservative leader. how do you cover an election campaign that most of the public doesn t have a say in? and what might all this mean for a channel a s planned privatisation? next week s media bill, which would have included details of the sale has now been delayed. my guests today, fraser nelson, editor of the spectator, a publication at the heart of the conservative establishment. famously, borisjohnson was an editor of the magazine, kemi badenoch also work there for a bit. fraser, hello, will you be anointing a leader? we re going to find out a five o clock. apparentlyjeremy hunt is struggling to stay in. but the big news, of course, is that a yougov poll has put penny mordaunt way ahead of all of her rivals.
name penny mordaunt in a picture of her. she s got a long way to go, frankly in terms of name recognition and facial recognition, maybe that s a good thing. maybe it s good to start from scratch and completely remove yourself from the previous regime. i m going to say, while were all here, rosamond, i want to ask you about the latest on channel a. clearly, the business of government is supposedly continuing despite leadership election chats. channel a privatisation format was already signed off by the prime minister and enthusiastically backed by culture secretary nadine dorries but is it going to continue? yeah. reported in the times on monday that rishi sunak has been telling colleagues that channel a privatisation is nothing to do with me, as he put it. how much difference could it new leader may, do you think? an awful lot. nadine dorries is the other architect of this policy along with other. others are very keen on it, obviously now
have their final match and the group stages of the euros. the first of three live tv debates on the conservative leadership contest will be held. there are five candidates still in the running after two rounds of voting. the top three have stayed the same each time: rishi sunak, penny mordaunt and liz truss. i m joined by our political correspondent, nick eardley. 7.30, channel a. you can crash and burn or come out shining. you 7.30, channela. you can crash and burn or come out shining. burn or come out shining. you can indeed. i think burn or come out shining. you can indeed. i think there s burn or come out shining. you can indeed. i think there s a burn or come out shining. you can indeed. i think there s a couple i burn or come out shining. you can indeed. i think there s a couple of| indeed. i think there s a couple of reasons why tonight really matters. one is because there are these two outsiders at the moment. they are getting their moment to shine. i suspect they will w
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schools, but even they are open in more than a dozen places so the notion is incorrect and it is a narrative that is being pushed by certain actors for their own personal gains. the government has made a commitment to the rights of education of all citizens of afghanistan irrespective of gender. when will those girls schools open? that will be answered by the relevant ministries.- that will be answered by the relevant ministries. some people have been to relevant ministries. some people have been to some relevant ministries. some people have been to some of relevant ministries. some people have been to some of the - relevant ministries. some peoplej have been to some of the remote areas in eastern afghanistan and one journalist told me a woman with broken bones was not able to get assistance because there wasn t a female dr and because the taliban were still waiting for her guardian to arrive, how are you dealing with that? ., ., , ., , that? you are trying to misconstrue the repo