ritula shah

RIP Rod Liddle. Supported and promoted me early in my career. A highly original thinker and provocateur. He used to rail against anything he saw as being ‘groupthink’ I was dismayed by his later transformation into a peddler of prejudice - he was a much better mind than that.

Very sad to hear The World Tonight is being axed by the BBC. Newshour is a great programme but it isn’t a substitute.
Radio 4 and its audience won’t have a domestic facing outlet after 1800.
I hope audiences now understand the challenges facing the BBC.

Emily Thornberry not pulling punches

Kemi Badenoch kicking at an open goal, pushing at an open door etc.

Not just Olly Robbins but the entire FCDO taking the rap - according to PM - for the Mandelson vetting fiasco. Although the glaring flaw - Mandelson came with flashing red lights - shouldn’t the PM have been at the very least, wary?