pure racism. it s racism in his royalist form. everybody knows that. it was stunning to me that he said i m told that it was white racism. and he said it was just her opinion that it was racism. it is very difficult with him when he says these things, which, by the way, was not his first rodeo on talking about white nationalism and including some other racist comments. this is not the first time that it has happened. i think he is bending to some pressure. it is clear that he really didn t believe it or what to say it. at least at the impression you get with watching and listening to him, that he was be grudgingly trying to clarify, for his colleagues sake, not his. yeah, that s a good and important point. every bite of the apple he does the same thing. well you say this, and i and they say, that while i guess
commanding majority. that looks unlikely to happen. over the next 24 hours he faces a vote in parliament, in which the appointed senate get to vote, most of them are deeply conservative and royalist. they were appointed under military rule and unlikely to support him, could have blocked him from becoming prime minister. now we have two complaints by the constitutional court which argued he should be disqualified from being an mp and it could lead to his party being dissolved. one complaint is he ocean shows in the media company. he owns shares. this company has not been a operation for 15 years. the other one argues his party s policy of trying to reform the notorious magistrate la under which people who criticise the monarchy can go to jail for years, criticise the monarchy can go to jailfor years, amounts to criticise the monarchy can go to jail for years, amounts to an attempt to overthrow the entire state. it sounds a rather implausible argument but given the
i think ultimately that was the major news story of the day. that s the right thing for the news channel to be covering. but, you know, there was no choice. where was the choice to find out what else was happening in the world? i think we have to recognise that this is an event that happens very seldomly. the last one was 70 years ago. i think part of the bbc s remit is to bring the nation together around big events. we re proud about doing that, and that s what we did with the coronation, and we saw that people came to us in massive numbers, you know, 25 million across television, many millions online plus on radio. and as i said, big, big numbers for the news channel as well. joanne, you do accept it was a major news event. can you see the case for warranting it being on all these channels? if i can say yes but no, how many channels can one person watch? if i hadn t been a staunch royalist, if i had been wavering,
with support for the monarchy lower than ever and multiple protests taking place over coronation weekend, the question of whether or not the monarchy should have the right to exist in a modern society is clearly a real concern for many people. but instead, i feel like the corporation were acting as a propaganda arm for the monarchy, running constant fluff pieces about just how much people were enjoying the coronation, rather than using any of the endless time devoted to the event to ask any real questions or offer any alternate perspectives besides the state approved one. another viewer who contacted us this week was joanne beaver. so let s talk to her now, along with richard burgess, who s the bbc s director of news content. joanne, were you dreading watching the coronation? well, no, i m an ardent royalist. my family were all very pro the royalfamily. and i personally was looking forward to seeing it on bbc, and alsojoining in with the many village events that were organised to