Sunday, 2 February 2020

"Here are the PM's words spoken by a member of our team"


The stand-off between the BBC and Downing Street continues, with the BBC's refusal to broadcast Boris's Brexit Night address to the nation now extending to a refusal to broadcast any part of it - hence this absurd moment on today's The World This Weekend:
Mark Mardell: On Brexit night Boris Johnson addressed the nation. For reasons we don't need to go into here the BBC is not using Downing Street's recording of that speech, but here are the PM's words spoken by a member of our team.