Interesting pricing. I guess they are hoping first tranche of loyal readers will shell out then they'll discount heavily later. I got a year sub to the Washington Post for £15 last week...

I agree Phil. As Crick wrote, the job of politics and politicians is to bridge the gap between unrealistic public expectations and reality. The failure of UK political media is they see their 'accountability' function as widening the same gap.

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social really is one of our most efficient broadcast journalists - relentless focus on facts and such aplomb

Interesting to see media obsessions with manifesto promises. Not sure public care. No one reads manifestos, no one really remembers party promises. Perhaps in our affective politics it is NOT the 'economy stupid'

And in my continuing fascinating commentary on BBC's bulletin tonight: why the ludicrous over coverage of a minor shooting in DC?

And then Coletta Smith at the BBC does exactly that. Excellent

Also: don't do vox pops as a way of relating it to 'real people' - do a proper audit of various cases - how people 'feel' matters but give us some facts

Also: are the BBC not paying Faisal Islam enough to afford a suit that fits?

And if she meant Ken Clarke, it was a fedora, not a trilby

Absolutely mad, if true

Yes, the Internet unbundles and at the same time mainstream brands become more focused on their subscribers, so more partisan. It's the journalism, not the social media that is 'polarising'

It was a lovely journey so I'm not complaining, but it seemed wonderfully incoherent / even in the original!

We should all go back and read John Birt's 1975 (!) Bias Against Understanding blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2017/0...

We should all go back and read John Birt's 1975 (!) Bias Against Understanding blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2017/0...

I don't understand your point. My fault I'm sure. Everyone has always complained about lack of general public interest in policy. Stephen is blaming the BBC, you are blaming social media (?). It could be that the policy is not understandable? (Tho I admire your efforts to make it more so)

You have wildly unrealistic expectations of journalism, let alone the BBC that has to appeal universally. Your lofty perch propped up by elite wealthy subscription income gives you a distorted prism on public understanding.

I don't think that's true. You are falsely assuming everyone cared about policy before. They didn't. It's just that 'our' conversation about policy was in glorious isolation from any other noise

'Cheer loud and savour the moment' is a lovely sentiment - but on a train?