hello. can a savvy media strategy save borisjohnson? headline grabbing policies are being rolled out this week in what s been dubbed operation red meat. but is there really such an operation? we re also looking at the apparently cosy relationship between those in government who set policy, and the media, which is supposed to hold them to account. and we re asking what the new bbc licence fee deal means for the industry at large. let me introduce you to my guests. joeyjones was spokesman for theresa may when she was home secretary. before that, he was a deputy political editor at sky news. helen lewis writes for the atlantic. laura hughes is political correspondent for the financial times. and phil riley is the chief executive of boom radio and has had a long career in commercial radio, including running chrysalis and overseeing its sale to global and,
for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello. can a savvy media strategy save borisjohnson? headline grabbing policies are being rolled out this week in what s been dubbed operation red meat. but is there really such an operation? we re also looking at the apparently cosy relationship between those in government who set policy, and the media, which is supposed to hold them to account. and we re asking what the new bbc licence fee deal means for the industry at large. let me introduce you to my guests. joeyjones was spokesman for theresa may when she was home secretary. before that, he was a deputy political editor at sky news. helen lewis writes for the atlantic. laura hughes is political correspondent for the financial times. and phil riley is the chief executive of boom radio and has had a long career in commercial radio, including running chrysalis and overseeing its sale to global and,
appalled when the reset policy was announced. that was the signal to putin that despite having invaded georgia and occupied large swath of its territory, everything was okay. we wanted to reset relations with russia in a new administration. and i just think back to with the president at the time, he said, look, it s bad that russia invaded georgia but if they invade ukraine that s going to be a big problem and then the then president of georgia said after what they just done in georgia, crimea is next. he predicted. crimea. so to sum it all up during the years from 2009 when the reset policy was announced and implemented until 2014 when russia invaded ukraine the first time, russia launched its biggest piece time military build-up in history in northwest russia, in the baltic states to threaten our nato allies,
would be prohibitively costly in terms of spilled blood and treasure to invade ukraine. that s the essence of deterrence. vladimir putin got away with a lot. he invaded georgia, and for that he got a reset policy from the obama administration. he invaded ukraine, annexed crimea in 2014, we did not follow true effectively after that to enhance ukraine s security and give them the military equipment that they were asking for. and then you take it all the way to today, and the situation that we re in right now we are playing catch-up. the russians have 200,000 troops in ukraine, and as you ve all mentioned, you know, the nuclear weapons and the clear policy, strategy from russia to keep the west out from any if correct, direct action in ukraine. pete: okay, daniel. how do we walk that tight rope? how do we both support the ukrainians in their fight against the russian invasion but also not create a condition where all that matters is vladimir putin s perception on
decision, he wants to take every americans human right, all their jobs away, we start standing up for learning mandarin. i am sick and tired of american politicians that are worried about making more money or offending somebody, i want to fight for the freedom of this country, for standing up. he s not going to have a job next year because he understands the importance of freedom. why do all these people care about the freedom of this country? he was pressed on china s human rights record today? can a business leader speak out on humans rights issue in china? i try to stick to business and leave policymakers to set policy. if we get into a debate, our