JW
Rose Garden of Downing Street
Cue for a song: I beg your pardon.....
Adam Boulton will host Sky’s coverage.
Adam Boulton recounted from the “rule book”: “Senior Advisors are not permitted to speak directly to the media or to give public speeches of any type” (Guidelines for Government Advisors).
The caveat: he’s delivering this as a personal statement as a member of the public and not in his employed capacity. Meaning that the statement should also not be made from Downing Street or any other Government Real Estate.
As you all said, it will be interesting to see what he says and where he says it.
Today’s usual briefing is running at 1730 London time, I believe, which is unusually late for a Bank Holiday. Perhaps this is to allow logistical and broadcast arrangements for the two press briefings to take place one after the other but possibly in different locations.
I don’t imagine any of our Political Editors will be having a day off today!
The caveat: he’s delivering this as a personal statement as a member of the public and not in his employed capacity. Meaning that the statement should also not be made from Downing Street or any other Government Real Estate.
As you all said, it will be interesting to see what he says and where he says it.
Today’s usual briefing is running at 1730 London time, I believe, which is unusually late for a Bank Holiday. Perhaps this is to allow logistical and broadcast arrangements for the two press briefings to take place one after the other but possibly in different locations.
I don’t imagine any of our Political Editors will be having a day off today!
Rose Garden of Downing Street
NEW: No 10 say Mr Cummings will make his statement at 4pm in the Rose Garden of 10 Downing Street.
— Joe Pike (@joepike) May 25, 2020
Cue for a song: I beg your pardon.....
Adam Boulton will host Sky’s coverage.
IS
Of course if he's not a senior advisor when he makes the speech then the above rules don't apply
Adam Boulton recounted from the “rule book”: “Senior Advisors are not permitted to speak directly to the media or to give public speeches of any type” (Guidelines for Government Advisors).
The caveat: he’s delivering this as a personal statement as a member of the public and not in his employed capacity. Meaning that the statement should also not be made from Downing Street or any other Government Real Estate
The caveat: he’s delivering this as a personal statement as a member of the public and not in his employed capacity. Meaning that the statement should also not be made from Downing Street or any other Government Real Estate
Of course if he's not a senior advisor when he makes the speech then the above rules don't apply
BR
Questionable whether it should be - a special advisor has clicked his fingers and the broadcasters have jumped.
Special at 15:30. BBC One.
Questionable whether it should be - a special advisor has clicked his fingers and the broadcasters have jumped.
MF
Questionable whether it should be - a special advisor has clicked his fingers and the broadcasters have jumped.
Boris Johnson has given Cummings so much power, reasonable for broadcasters to be interested in what he has to say
Special at 15:30. BBC One.
Questionable whether it should be - a special advisor has clicked his fingers and the broadcasters have jumped.
Boris Johnson has given Cummings so much power, reasonable for broadcasters to be interested in what he has to say
BF
I think the issue is there aren't many people out there willing to go on TV and publicly defend Cummings and Johnson today, so they are having to scrape the barrel.
Sadly scraping seems to be the case most days. BBC have just gone from interviewing the excellent Joey Jones to Tom Harwood for goodness what reason.
Meanwhile, Sky had professional outraged tweeter and pile-on expert Owen Jones doing the paper review last night after interviewing professional wind-up merchant Brendan O’Neill earlier that evening and just now had Novara Media’s Ash Shakar on.
If broadcasters can’t do better than the usual rent-a-quotes/commentators I wish they’d just actually report news stories instead.
Tuned into Sky News just now and saw professional 'shock jock' Brendan O'Neill on. I honestly wish news channels would stop using these sort of partisan talking heads -of which O'Neill is the absolute worst. He must be bloody cheap for news channels to use him so often.
I think the issue is there aren't many people out there willing to go on TV and publicly defend Cummings and Johnson today, so they are having to scrape the barrel.
Sadly scraping seems to be the case most days. BBC have just gone from interviewing the excellent Joey Jones to Tom Harwood for goodness what reason.
Meanwhile, Sky had professional outraged tweeter and pile-on expert Owen Jones doing the paper review last night after interviewing professional wind-up merchant Brendan O’Neill earlier that evening and just now had Novara Media’s Ash Shakar on.
If broadcasters can’t do better than the usual rent-a-quotes/commentators I wish they’d just actually report news stories instead.
VA
Unfortunately these people being mentioned are becoming the new generation of rent-a-quotes.
If broadcasters can’t do better than the usual rent-a-quotes/commentators I wish they’d just actually report news stories instead.
Unfortunately these people being mentioned are becoming the new generation of rent-a-quotes.
AN
Today’s usual briefing is running at 1730 London time, I believe, which is unusually late for a Bank Holiday. Perhaps this is to allow logistical and broadcast arrangements for the two press briefings to take place one after the other but possibly in different locations.
I don’t imagine any of our Political Editors will be having a day off today!
The regular news special doesn’t start until 17:45 now
Andrew
Founding member
Today’s usual briefing is running at 1730 London time, I believe, which is unusually late for a Bank Holiday. Perhaps this is to allow logistical and broadcast arrangements for the two press briefings to take place one after the other but possibly in different locations.
I don’t imagine any of our Political Editors will be having a day off today!
The regular news special doesn’t start until 17:45 now
WL
Particularly enjoyed the deep analysis into why the rose garden is not actually called the rose garden although it does have roses in it.
Jon Craig doing a masterful job here filling time before the briefing. A total pro.
Particularly enjoyed the deep analysis into why the rose garden is not actually called the rose garden although it does have roses in it.
BF
Unfortunately these people being mentioned are becoming the new generation of rent-a-quotes.
Surely news anchors’ hearts must sink when they hear that they’ll be interviewing one of the usual rentaquotes. Rather than having actual experts, this lot who will turn up for the opening of an envelope appear time after time.
If broadcasters can’t do better than the usual rent-a-quotes/commentators I wish they’d just actually report news stories instead.
Unfortunately these people being mentioned are becoming the new generation of rent-a-quotes.
Surely news anchors’ hearts must sink when they hear that they’ll be interviewing one of the usual rentaquotes. Rather than having actual experts, this lot who will turn up for the opening of an envelope appear time after time.