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Martin Bashir scandal: I m sick of constant BBC and government cover-ups

By Derek Tucker © PA Archive/PA Images The words stable door , horse and bolted spring to mind when it comes to Martin Bashir s Princess Diana interview, writes Derek Tucker Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Two of my favourite hobby horses have, in the past week, dominated whatever small segments of news agendas that coronavirus couldn’t fill. I’m talking, of course, about the BBC and politics. Or, to be precise, the people who work in the political system.

Will Boris Johnson resign? I detest how out of touch politicians are

By Derek Tucker © PA Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Many years ago, when Alex Salmond and I were both usefully employed – he as First Minister of Scotland and I as editor of this newspaper – he attended a lunch with Scotland’s newspaper publishers. The meeting took place under Chatham House rules, binding those present to confidentiality, but one anecdote did escape. Mr Salmond was bemoaning what he saw as political bias, pointing out that, at that time, not one of Scotland’s newspapers supported independence. Apparently, he accused all the country’s newspaper editors of being politically aligned with either the Conservatives or Labour, but named me as the exception to that because I “hate all politicians equally”. I can’t be absolutely certain of the veracity of that recollect

Derek Tucker: Vaccine alarm – there s no fixing stupid

Derek Tucker: Vaccine alarm – there’s no fixing stupid Updated: April 6, 2021, 10:43 am © PA Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Let’s start with a question: Do we really want to see the end of Covid, which has imposed house arrest on virtually the entire nation for more than a year? It should be rhetorical, but given the near-hysteria surrounding the AstraZeneca vaccine, and the vehement opposition to the prospect of some kind of vaccine passport, I’m not so sure. For a country that has suffered more than the vast majority of others from the ravages of coronavirus, the commendable efficiency with which vaccination has been delivered across the UK has provided the only real light at the end of what has been a very, very long tunnel.

Derek Tucker: Combatants undermine their own cause

Derek Tucker: Combatants undermine their own cause by Derek Tucker © Robert Perry/EPA/Shutterstock Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Finding a diversion from coronavirus has been no problem for keen news junkies during the last couple of weeks. Two heavyweight battles have provided plenty of material for those of us who like to keep abreast of what’s happening at home and abroad. Two battles seemingly unconnected, a million miles away from each other in terms of subject matter and yet joined together by one irrefutable fact – they are battles in which all the combatants could end up on the losing side.

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