u turn, a big policy u turn. why have you decided not to privatise channel 4? so i think i agree with my predecessor and many other predecessors that have looked at this issue before, that there are long term sustainability issues and threats to channel 4. we know that it is a dramatically changing media landscape out there, which you ll be only too familiar with. we know that linear advertising is taking a hit, organisations are having to evolve and adapt and become more dynamic to cope with that and channel 4 have a very rigid business model. the public broadcaster restrictions, for one, don t allow them to create their own content, which means that their ability to flourish is capped from the off. and that sustainability fuelled the decision under my predecessor and it s fuelled my decision. it s just a different way of going about it. so i think having looked at the business case, having listened very carefully to people within the sector, including the independent sector, that sel
in case you decide you want to mimic the minister s media habits. yes, so i wake up and i look through playbook, or as soon as it s come out, i look through playbook. i will watch a bit of sky news or bbc while i m getting ready in the morning and obviously then try and stay alert throughout the day and see what else is happening. and then i ll read the papers at some point, either probably in the evening as well. and what about streaming services? do you have a lot of subscriptions? are you a netflix, disney+, what person? yeah, we ve got netflix and amazon prime in my household, so watch a bit of both. they re really good for unwinding. i find that i prefer the things that don t take too much brainpower. when you ve been through a lot of legislation or different policies, it s nice to just relax sometimes, especially when the opportunity arises. so you get a bit of time to do that? when i can. when you can. well, look, you know, you ve been secretary of state at the dcms for four mon
that s a daily newsletter produced by the political magazine politico, in case you decide you want to mimic the minister s media habits. yes, so i wake up and i look through playbook, or as soon as it s come out, i look through playbook. i will watch a bit of sky news or bbc while i m getting ready in the morning and obviously then try and stay alert throughout the day and see what else is happening. and then i ll read the papers at some point, either probably in the evening as well. and what about streaming services? do you have a lot of subscriptions? you are netflix, disney+, what person? yeah, we ve got netflix and amazon prime in my household, so watch a bit of both. they re really good for unwinding. i find that i prefer the things that don t take too much brainpower. when you ve been through a lot of legislation or different policies, it s nice tojust relax sometimes, especially when the opportunity arises. so you get a bit of time to do that? when i can. when you can. well, loo
the world health organization has again asked china for better data about the current wave of coronavirus infections. ca5e5 5urged after beijing abruptly reversed its zero covid policy in december. the who also says it s concerned about the risk to life in china. here s the director general: we continue to ask china for more reliable data for ho5pitalisation5 and deaths a5 reliable data for ho5pitalisation5 and deaths as well as more real time sequences. they re concerned the risk to life in china and has reiterated the importance of vaccination, including posting against hospitalisations and businesses and deaths. with the easing of restrictions, infections have soared. these are images from a hospital in shanghai, which appears to be overwhelmed, with patients on trolleys in corridors. international health experts are predicting at least a million covid deaths in china this year. so far beijing has reported five or fewer deaths a day since the policy u turn.
a week ago. i think the big question now in terms of what is next, john, if this government claims they are listening and that s why they decided to backtrack and do this major policy u-turn, what else could they u-turn on? there are still a number of tax cuts in the pipeline. could we see more changes on that front? and then, of course, the question from markets is how the bank of england may respond if the policy changes from here. but, john, huge news here in the uk this morning. significant, indeed. and a humiliating moment for a brand new government struggling to stay afloat. we re going to be talking about more of this in the days ahead. thank you, joining us live from london. still ahead here, donald trump steps up his attack on mitch mcconnell. fueling concerns once again about inciting violence and also making a racist slur against minority leader s wife. we ll have the latest on that when we come right back. t when we come right back.