how polarise the debate has come. i want to fight for a bbc where we can have proper, calm debate, facilitate free speech. that is a really important thing. this will allow us to do good. important thing. this will allow us to do good- important thing. this will allow us to do ood. l, l, , , l, , to do good. there are many people, all they see to do good. there are many people, all they see here to do good. there are many people, all they see here is to do good. there are many people, all they see here is a to do good. there are many people, all they see here is a conservative i all they see here is a conservative director general, a conservative chairman barry to mps and conservative press. chairman barry to mps and conservative ress. l, ~ l, , conservative press. anyone who knows me knows that conservative press. anyone who knows me knows that yes, conservative press. anyone who knows me knows that yes, 30 conservative press. anyone who knows me knows that yes, 30 ye
many people, and all they see| will allow us to do it. there are l many people, and all they see is will allow us to do it. there are i many people, and all they see is a conservative director general, chairman bowing to pressure from the conservative press? chairman bowing to pressure from the conservative press? anyone who knows me that, conservative press? anyone who knows me that. yes. conservative press? anyone who knows me that. yes. 30 conservative press? anyone who knows me that, yes, 30 years conservative press? anyone who knows me that, yes, 30 years ago, conservative press? anyone who knows me that, yes, 30 years ago, some - me that, yes, 30 years ago, some political involvement, but absolutely not affected by pressure from one party or the other, that is not how we work, editorially, in the bbc. it is a convenience narrative, it is not true. and the impartiality guidelines would be equally applied in terms of being critical of the left or the right. the issue is ge
what they are doing right now, i think the game we are in, is i can the conservative right keep rishi sunak out - of the last two? i don t think they can. but that is the game that is being played. in the attempt to do that, the media strategies- are highly contrasted. sunak has gone straight to the people. with that video. the look of that. notjust the video, the launch. reminded me of a david cameron launch, early in cameron s career. so he s saying, look, i am the man that - can govern britain. the others, i think they re notjust aiming at mps. i let s remember on the media show, we are actually quite important. there s the leader writers of the conservative - press and there s about 300 of us on social media - who matter in terms of the journalists - and general politics, - people who comment, people
the others, i think they re notjust aiming at mp5. i let s remember- on the media show, we are actually quite important. there s the leader writers of the conservative - press and there s about 300 of us on social media - who matter in terms of the journalists - and general politics, - people who comment, people like alastair campbell. i m interrupting just to say, as you mentioned alastair campbell, i think this might be a good moment to bring in a clip from alastair campbell because that question i posed at the top, how much influence does the british press have in this? tony blair s former spin doctor was speaking on the bbc question time recently and he took exception to a fellow analyst telegraph columnists, let s have a listen. it s all a joke to these guys. 0h, here we go. things are to get better. here we go. they are part of the problem, the british media a part of the problem. they delivered him, they sucked up to him, johnson has described the telegraph as his real boss an