taking questions from anywhere around the floor. it was very open. but we are in this covid period and i thinkjournalists collectively have to make sure we come out of it and we don t let politicians use this window to try and permanently change the access we have. i was going to ask, is itjust covid or is it a global precedent for shutting down access? rym, ijust saw you raise your hand. you don t have to raise your hand. what do you want to say? i just wanted to say one thing on this g7. this was supposed to be the big debut on the world stage of global britain after brexit and the fact that the host prime minister decided to only allowjournalists who are based in london, right, so even the two journalists that work for international media are people who are based in london and the fact that they decided to restrict it that way really makes me wonder about what does global britain look like and is that really the right way to do it? i remember biarritz at the g7 two years ago
the first physical summit we have had of any stature, and it was really about the idea that - multilateralism is back. there were subagendas - about what we do about china and how is boris doing and how we are all getting on, sorry, i boris, mrjohnson was doing etc, but the kernel- of it was that this was the first physical summit and this was the arrival ofjoe biden in europel and this was the return - of multilateralism after trump. that s really what this event was about. - the fact that it was happening. rym, you were there as well. naomi and steven touched upon this earlier that this groundwork and preparation that goes into the months before a summit like this, but how muchjournalism can you actually do once you are there? because you are there essentially to ask questions and find out answers. you can actually do a lot
networks about the questionj of free speech from opposite points of view and so they have to try and manage this now. i it is very delicate. very briefly now. steven, are we starting to get a sense of what biden s policies are when it comes to the media, especially silicon valley giants? i think we are but he s also a controlling person too. white house press conferences, at least he s having them and trump did not have them, so now biden is having them every day which is good, but his proposal of a minimum corporate tax is i think very popular and very progressive and very unusual and i think people should take it quite seriously. that s it for today. thank you to all my guests. patrick wintour, diplomatic editor at the guardian, naomi o leary, europe correspondent for the irish times, steven erlanger, chief diplomatic correspondent at the new york times, rym momtaz, senior france correspondent at politico, tom wainwright, media editor at the economist. the media show will be back sam
which is good but his proposal of a minimum corporate tax is i think very popular and very progressive and very unusual and i think people should take it quite seriously. that s it for today. thank you to all my guests. patrick wintour, diplomatic editor at the guardian, naomi o leary, europe correspondent for the irish times, steven erlanger, chief diplomatic correspondent at the new york times, rym momtaz, senior france correspondent at politico, tom wainwright, media editor at the economist. the media show will be back same time next week. thanks for listening. for many of us, a pretty cloudy day. some breaks in the cloud, especially across parts of north west wales,
or dipping in on live streams, so quite a different experience. i think there s pros and cons to both. yes, zoom, zoom, zoom. we are all on zoom as well now. rym, i know you were in cornwall for the g7 but where are you now? am i back in paris, thank god. i m back in paris, thank god. got back home. after a long few days on the road and very little sleep. you can be back in your own bed now. patrick, you were there as well i hear? i was, i took the 19 hour train journey to cornwall and then you sit in a press room which is more than a 50 minute drive from where the actual leaders are meeting. so you are very much one step removed but i very much agree that it s been a frustrating year for us and i was hoping maybe even this week to have gone to tehran for the iran presidential elections and i got a visa and was all set to go and then it became too complicated with covid certificates