community, as a nation, we have to throw per hands, because you can t prosecute the suspect who is dead. there is not been somebody and off a case of the postmaster vibe their attack. they have behaved in a matter to then commit suicide, in many instances. we now have had the last one. we re hearing about a suspect who was taken out of custody. i wonder from the prosecutorial function of this, cases like this, is the way the prosecutors, and prosecution more broadly can help? i think one thing, to michael s point about using the laws in the book, i think it s really important for prosecutors as well as law enforcement, not rule out things too quickly such as hate crime charges. a lot of the times, people associate with the suspect if it s the same race of the victim, same gender, no hate crime charge possible. but it s too early to tell that. and you mustn t fall into that sort of stereotype or, knee-jerk reaction to it. as a prosecutor, and a case
the idea of the bbc s impartiality is important to defend and the bbc has to understand that all prime ministers attack the bbc, all prime ministers try and undermine the bbc, all prime ministers think they hold the whip hand through the licence fee. so, the bbc has to appeal, in a way, over the head of the politicians, to the public, to its audience, and say, we re not frightened of government. and they don t, you know it s easy to attack them for being frightened of government. impartiality? it s very, very. it s in the eye of the beholder, in a way, but it is very, very important to defend it. and i think, on the whole, the bbc does a good job of that. in other words, i don t know your political opinions. no, all right. we ve been talking for 20 minutes. i don t know what you think. you don t know what i think. that s as it should be. let me switch tack. let me switch tack a little bit. you say the bbc mustn t be frightened of government. you also contend in your book, i think i
to move, those pandemic impacts continue, working from home is here to stay, we ve had a big spike in people retiring which is a big move, a trigger for people moving. so i think next year it might prove better than people think. mortgage rates are set to come back down towards 5% as we start next year and hopefully we will not see some of these worst falls people are predicting for next year. halifax was predicting house prices falling by 8% in the year ahead. they also made the point, of course, that would not wipe out a lot of the gains that people had enjoyed previous to that, but if you take into account the prospect of the market softening a bit and you add in things like inflationary pressures and people s just sense of unease, that must have an impact, mustn t it? it will and look, we think housing transactions next year are going to be 20% lower than this year, just over a million. we think prices will fall by up to 5% and i think the real focus, because we do not have one hou
and i think, on the whole, the bbc does a good job of that. in other words, i don t know your political opinions. no, all right. we ve been talking for 20 minutes. i don t know what you think. you don t know what i think. that s as it should be. let me switch tack. let me switch tack a little bit. you say the bbc mustn t be frightened of government. you also contend in your book, i think it s fair to say, that the bbc is somewhat frightened of the monarchy. yes. chuckles you should know, in a sense, because you ve been covering the royal family, the monarchy, but particularly the big ceremonial events for the bbc, again, for the best part of 50 years. it now turns out as, again, you re opening up, you re being more frank, that you think there are many aspects of the monarchy that are, frankly, ridiculous. you don t like deference. i don t think you like the hereditary principle. i don t know where you get all that from, but i ll tell you what i do think. i don t like deference, no. i d
important to defend it. and i think, on the whole, the bbc does a good job of that. in other words, i don t know your political opinions. no, all right. we ve been talking for 20 minutes. i don t know what you think. you don t know what i think. that s as it should be. let me switch tack. let me switch tack a little bit. you say the bbc mustn t be frightened of government. you also contend in your book, i think it s fair to say, that the bbc is somewhat frightened of the monarchy. yes. chuckles you should know, in a sense, because you ve been covering the royal family, the monarchy, but particularly the big ceremonial events for the bbc, again, for the best part of 50 years. it now turns out as, again, you re opening up, you re being more frank, that you think there are many aspects of the monarchy that are, frankly, ridiculous. you don t like deference. i don t think you like the hereditary principle. i don t know where you get all that from, but i ll tell you what i do think. i don t