good early move. playing chess, it is kind of a good early move. chris, you were in space good early move. chris, you were in space at good early move. chris, you were in space at a good early move. chris, you were in space at a time - good early move. chris, you were in space at a time and | were in space at a time and arguably relations between the russians and the international community was better. just talk us through what it was like being in one of these international space missions, astronauts from all over the world, us and russia, working together. i world, us and russia, working touether. ., world, us and russia, working to . ether. . ., , world, us and russia, working touether. . ., ., together. i mean, i was also a cold war together. i mean, i was also a cold war pilot together. i mean, i was also a cold war pilot intercepting - cold war pilot intercepting soviet bombers as a combat cold war pilot so i ve seen politics come and go and positions shift. i helped b
phones in those days. people weren t texting each other. there was no social media. you weren t looking out for what was on facebook or on twitter. it was a much simpler world, and alljournalists were working to. well, printjournalists were pretty much working to one deadline, the evening or maybe the later editions as well. the broadcastjournalists might have one outlook, like i used to have with newsnight or channel 4 news, and it was such a simpler world. well, now, even if we work for a daily paper or we work for, say, channelli news, we re tweeting all the time, we re still trying to get out our snippets of information ahead of our rivals and just putting it on the record that we got the quotes first. so, it s so much more complicated, but it s also so much more exciting, and you feel you re right at the heart of events, right at the heart of history being made. and frankly, today and yesterday are. you know, i think that it is a historic period in politics
when it s really hard not to want to be in the newsroom, not to want to sort of be following every twist and turn, cos it is one of the biggest political stories we ve had for a long time, particularly about the prime minister. obviously, we could talk about brexit, but, you know, this has been an astonishing day. and, michael crick, if i could bring you in at this stage, how do you compare how political operatives use the media today with how they might have used it, say, when margaret thatcher was under pressure several decades back? well, it s so much more complicated these days. i mean, way back in 1990, when margaret thatcher fell, there were so called lobbyjournalists. but, i mean, that would all be done literally within the members lobby of the house of commons, where they were. journalists and politicians would meet. people didn t have mobile phones in those days. people weren t texting each other. there was no social media. you weren t looking out for what was on facebook or
lobbyjournalists. but, i mean, that would all be done literally within the members lobby of the house of commons, where they were. journalists and politicians would meet. people didn t have mobile phones in those days. people weren t texting each other. there was no social media. you weren t looking out for what was on facebook or on twitter. it was a much simpler world, and alljournalists were working to. well, printjournalists were pretty much working to one deadline, the evening or maybe the later editions as well. the broadcastjournalists might have one outlook, like i used to have with newsnight or channel 4 news, and it was such a simpler world. well, now, even if we work for a daily paper or we work for, say, channelli news, we re tweeting all the time, we re still trying to get out our snippets of information ahead of our rivals and just putting it on the record
bring you in at this stage, how do you compare how political operatives use the media today with how they might have used it, say, when margaret thatcher was under pressure several decades back? well, it s so much more complicated these days. i mean, way back in 1990, when margaret thatcher fell, there were so called lobbyjournalists. but, i mean, that would all be done literally within the members lobby of the house of commons, where they were. journalists and politicians would meet. people didn t have mobile phones in those days. people weren t texting each other. there was no social media. you weren t looking out for what was on facebook or on twitter. it was a much simpler world, and alljournalists were working to. well, printjournalists were pretty much working to one deadline, the evening or maybe the later editions as well. the broadcastjournalists might have one outlook, like i used to have with newsnight or channel 4 news, and it was such a simpler world. well, now, even if w