You know that thing where I keeping on saying that every time Mark Mardell does a Brexit-focused The World This Weekend it's always turns out to be heavily biased against Brexit? Well, today's edition was no exception.
This was today's introduction - as typically negative about Brexit in its framing as ever:
...and this was followed by a somewhat scare-mongering report about the Brexit implications for medicine licensing after we leave the European Medicines Agency, raising the possibility that the mother featured in the introduction might not get future drugs for her daughter as quickly because of Brexit.
The segment ended with an interview with Sir Michael Rawlins, chair of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, where Mark pursued that point about the mother and daughter again. He seemed a little taken aback that Sir Michael had become less gloomy about Brexit": "You didn't have every confidence before the vote", he said. "You said you hoped and prayed we wouldn't leave the EU. You said you didn't know how you'd be able to cope with the new burdens and the loss of income after Brexit." Sir Michael now thinks he's going to be able to cope after all.
Both Sir Michael and the boss of the pharmaceutical company were keeping admirably calm. (Mark used the word "sanguine" to describe the latter).
Not one speaker in this entire segment appeared to be a Leaver.
Typical The World this Weekend.
This was today's introduction - as typically negative about Brexit in its framing as ever:
Welcome to The World this Weekend. This is Mark Mardell. The Home Secretary says she has a surprise for Brexiteers: the Cabinet is more united than they think. But if they can agree and get a deal, what then? We talk to Chukka Umumna who is heading a campaign arguing we all deserve a say. And a medicine based on cannabis which could make a big difference to people suffering from a rare disease.
Teresa: "My life just revolves around Nancy. I don't know when she's going to have the seizure. She's been in hospital. She's had a fractured eye socket. Id love her to be seizure-free".
But will access to new drugs be put at risk when we leave the EU?The first item was an interview was with strongly anti-Brexit Labour MP Chuka Umunna about his call for us to hold another EU referendum...
...and this was followed by a somewhat scare-mongering report about the Brexit implications for medicine licensing after we leave the European Medicines Agency, raising the possibility that the mother featured in the introduction might not get future drugs for her daughter as quickly because of Brexit.
The segment ended with an interview with Sir Michael Rawlins, chair of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, where Mark pursued that point about the mother and daughter again. He seemed a little taken aback that Sir Michael had become less gloomy about Brexit": "You didn't have every confidence before the vote", he said. "You said you hoped and prayed we wouldn't leave the EU. You said you didn't know how you'd be able to cope with the new burdens and the loss of income after Brexit." Sir Michael now thinks he's going to be able to cope after all.
Both Sir Michael and the boss of the pharmaceutical company were keeping admirably calm. (Mark used the word "sanguine" to describe the latter).
Not one speaker in this entire segment appeared to be a Leaver.
Typical The World this Weekend.
