BBC News’ interim global director Fiona Crack is holding a session on freedom of press at Labour Conference. And press are barred…
The event description says:
“Press freedom is at a 25-year low. Today the BBC World Service faces blocking, jamming, internet shutdowns, disinformation and harassment of journalists – playbook tactics from authoritarian states. Join us for a private roundtable to discuss how the BBC counters these threats and reaches over half a billion people globally every week.”
Journalists have naturally been interested in what BBC execs have to say about press freedom – and have been blocked from coming near this morning. Classic…
Bookmark this from Andy Burnham:
2029: “that’s when the next election will be.”
May 2027: “Absolutely not.”
“No election any time soon.”
“All of this speculation on an early election, I can knock that dead.”