phil, we ll be talking a lot in the programme about the revolving door between journalism and politics. times radio havejust snapped up ruth davidson, the former scottish conservative leader. why are ex politicians so popular with you radio executives? any room for one more on boom radio? well, i think we. i actually started back in lbc when i was chief exec there in 200a. we invited tony blair to do a phone in and literally sit there and push the faders and take the calls. so i m probably to blame for all of this. now they re all at it, aren t they? i think we took the view and certainly the people that now run lbc have taken this to a fantastic level that actually it s great to have an unmediated opportunity for listeners to speak directly to politicians. it s great whatjournalists do, and journalists have got knowledge and detail to bring to the party, but it s great also to be able to have real people, unmediated, talking directly and getting the views of politicians.
time for the media show. hello. can a savvy media strategy save borisjohnson? headline grabbing policies are being rolled out this week in what s been dubbed operation red meat. but is there really such an operation? we re also looking at the apparently cosy relationship between those in government who set policy, and the media, which is supposed to hold them to account. and we re asking what the new bbc licence fee deal means for the industry at large. let me introduce you to my guests. joeyjones was spokesman for theresa may when she was home secretary. before that, he was a deputy political editor at sky news. helen lewis writes for the atlantic. laura hughes, political correspondent for the financial times. and phil riley is the chief executive of boom radio and has had a long career in commercial radio, including running chrysalis and overseeing its sale to global and, phil, we ll be talking a lot in the programme about the revolving door between journalism and politics.
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now on bbc news. it s time for the media show. hello. can a savvy media strategy save borisjohnson? headline grabbing policies are being rolled out this week in what s been dubbed operation red meat. but is there really such an operation? we re also looking at the apparently cosy relationship between those in government who set policy and the media, which is supposed to hold them to account. and we re asking what the new bbc licence fee deal means for the industry at large. let me introduce you to my guests. first, joeyjones was spokesman for theresa may when she was home secretary. before that, he was a deputy political editor at sky news. helen lewis writes for the atlantic. laura hughes is political correspondent for the financial times. and phil riley is the chief executive of boom radio and has had a long career in commercial radio, including running chrysalis and overseeing its sale to global. and, phil, we ll be talking a lot in the programme about the revolving door b
you talk about frustration with government now, but your whole career basically sounds as though you have been banging your head against a brick wall. did you learn some lessons from that? of course, of course. what lessons did you draw? it seems like the only lesson you took was, you know what, after a while you betray your best friends in politics? no. i don t agree with that at all. i bet you know. i bet you know! how do you feel as president that you are going to go down in history as a president who presided over a loss of a large part of your territory? i understood that you wished to do this interview, and you wished to reply to questions that we, in the name of the bbc, are putting towards you. am i not right? yeah, cheers. hardtalk. to the next 20 years! well you got water and i ve got wine?! that s terrible! 0ur show has a name which gives you a very strong clue as to what you re going to get. and i do wonder sometimes whether calling the programme hardtalk has been