Brexit coverage has remained off the menu, even as the hospitality industry is crumbling under post-Brexit business realities.
ARCHIVE ▸ Raymond Snoddy
A newspaper with a history of Conservative ownership and readership is hardly going to suddenly veer to the left, but a new, more independent owner could revisit the sins of the recent past and put them right.
Until recently, the regulator was sitting on its hands when it should have been active in punishing sitting Conservative politicians for hosting GB News and TalkTV programmes.
Andrew Malkinson’s 17-year imprisonment for a rape he didn’t commit highlights the importance of investigative journalism and the need for reform in the UK justice system.
A thorough review of the BBC’s licence fee is necessary, but it must consider that such a fee, perhaps turned into a household charge, may be the least-bad option.
The commercial departments of Brexit-supporting newspapers know the damage being caused to the UK economy, and newspaper advertising revenues, by Brexit. Their editorial colleagues continue to support it anyway.
A pause for due process over the BBC presenter scandal is needed, but the Corporation can rightly be blamed for its slow response to allegations.
While the decision not to privatise was the right one, the recent move to drop ‘The Andrew Neil Show’ while spending on US-owned dramas doesn’t bode well for the broadcaster.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s wooden appearance on the BBC’s Sunday morning political talk show drew criticism from unexpected corners.
Johnson is back working in the press, but the press wants to focus on other matters.