against privatisation, saying there are better ways to ensure channel 4 s sustainability. let s bring in chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast magazine. hiya, chris. good to have you back on the media show. so is this the end of the matter? i think it s the end of the potential privatisation and the start of a whole series of new questions around the future of ca. it draws a line under the second attempt over the last six years to privatise the broadcaster. and it s interesting that, essentially, a change of government, a change of culture secretary, has brought a very different view in just a few months time. yes, and the former culture secretary, nadine dorries, who held the job under borisjohnson, has already tweeted her displeasure at what s happening. do we understand why there s been a change in tack from the conservatives?
essentially, a change of government, a change of culture secretary, has brought a very different view in just a few months time. yes, and the former culture secretary, nadine dorries, who held the job under borisjohnson, has already tweeted her displeasure at what s happening. do we understand why there s been a change in tack from the conservatives? look, it depends on what you believe the thrust for all this was over a year ago. channel 4. i think you could make a good case that channel 4 got caught up in a sort of culture wars moment, that it gave borisjohnson, nadine dorries, an opportunity to make a sort of political, cultural point about being seen to be sort of tough on liberal london elites, etc. and if you read the leaked
michelle donelan, sent to the prime minister, which appears to advise against privatisation, saying there are better ways to ensure channel 4 s sustainability. let s bring in chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast magazine. hiya, chris. good to have you back on the media show. so is this the end of the matter? i think it s the end of the potential privatisation and the start of a whole series of new questions around the future of ca. it draws a line under the second attempt over the last six years to privatise the broadcaster. and it s interesting that, essentially, a change of government, a change of culture secretary, has brought a very different view in just a few months time. yes, and the former culture secretary, nadine dorries, who held the job under borisjohnson, has already tweeted her displeasure at what s happening. do we understand why there s
office for budget responsibility. this is the financial watchdog for the government, showing the amount of trade the uk has lost with our closest trading partner, the eu. and suggestions this morning from tony danko, the head of the cbi, but essentially at the government wants want to spend any money doing it, the easiest way for them to do that is to look at closer cooperation with the eu to try to boost that kind of trade but clearly, you heard from steve barclay who said that s not something he recognises because he knows on the right wing of the conservative party they would be extremely anxious having gone through the brexit process and fought hard to get a deal which they saw would agree the uk s sovereignty and control of our borders, they don t want any kind of rolling back on that and want to keep the deal as they see it that were signed under borisjohnson. they see it that were signed under borisjohnson they see it that were signed under boris johnson. ., ~ , ., , . boris jo
obviously. one of rishi sunak s first decisions was to reappoint the awful suella braverman as home secretary. nadhim zahawi said it was time for boris 2.0. it looks like got his wish with rishi sunak. under borisjohnson, he was having his cake and eating it. with rishi sunak, it is let them eat cake. we conservatives are still hopelessly out of touch with the everyday lives of the british people. they are still letting you down and taking you for granted, and it is still our job to hold these conservatives to account and get them out of office at the next general election.