but by convention, they can t say it, and so the consequence for the individual you know, they don t get attached to the falsehood. incredibly, sort of unfairly, cabinet ministers who go out and do the morning rounds might be told something and say it in good faith or broadcast tv, but their name gets attached to the lie. so i think the hope was. you know, ministers and mps were quite disappointed and annoyed that they d been sent out to say there was no wrongdoing in number 10, there were no parties, there was none of that, and the press operation was changed, a new director of comms came in, and thenjust days after the confidence vote, you saw the new operation actually send people out on the morning rounds saying things that weren t true. and i think that s why the frustration s come so much.
but by convention, they can t say it, and so the consequence for the individual you know, they don t get attached to the falsehood. incredibly, sort of unfairly, cabinet ministers who go out and do the morning rounds might be told something and say it in good faith or broadcast tv, but their name gets attached to the lie. so i think the hope was. you know, ministers and mps were quite disappointed and annoyed that they d been sent out to say there was no wrongdoing in number 10, there were no parties, there was none of that, and the press operation was changed, a new director of comms came in, and thenjust days after the confidence vote, you saw the new operation actually send people out on the morning rounds saying things that weren t true. and i think that s why the frustration s come so much. it s not actually over what pincher did. it s over how the reaction was the same. but here s the question. and, michael and joey, i d like to put this to you maybe michael first. does the s
of brought down borisjohnson other than himself, it s probably his successive press operations. it s quite unusual to have flat out untruths said in politics. people will dodge a question, they ll sort of answer very specifically, they ll twist something, but straight up untruths are unusual. and when number 10 comes out with those, the people who say them don t get named. the sort of lobbyjournalists know who they are, but by convention, they can t say it, and so the consequence for the individual you know, they don t get attached to the falsehood. incredibly, sort of unfairly, cabinet ministers who go out and do the morning rounds might be told something and say it in good faith or broadcast tv, but their name gets attached to the lie. so i think the hope was. you know, ministers and mps were quite disappointed and annoyed that they d been sent out to say there was no wrongdoing in number 10, there were no parties, there was none of that, and the press operation was changed, a new
so i think the hope was. you know, ministers and mps were quite disappointed and annoyed that they d been sent out to say there was no wrongdoing in number 10, there were no parties, there was none of that, and the press operation was changed, a new director of comms came in, and thenjust days after the confidence vote, you saw the new operation actually send people out on the morning rounds saying things that weren t true. and i think that s why the frustration s come so much. it s not actually over what pincher did. it s over how the reaction was the same. but here s the question. and, michael and joey, i d like to put this to you maybe michael first. does the system need to change? or are the problems thatjames is describing, where untruths are being briefed to the press, perhaps that is a problem specific to the current operation in number 10? well, i mean, i m not, you know, involved in reporting the news on a day to day basis these days. but i don t see that the system needs to
they ll sort of answer very specifically, they ll twist something, but straight up untruths are unusual. and when number 10 comes out with those, the people who say them don t get named. the sort of lobbyjournalists know who they are, but by convention, they can t say it, and so the consequence for the individual you know, they don t get attached to the falsehood. incredibly, sort of unfairly, cabinet ministers who go out and do the morning rounds might be told something and say it in good faith or broadcast tv, but their name gets attached to the lie. so i think the hope was. you know, ministers and mps were quite disappointed and annoyed that they d been sent out to say there was no wrongdoing in number 10, there were no parties, there was none of that, and the press operation was changed, a new director of comms came in, and thenjust days after the confidence vote, you saw the new operation