An ‘odious position’
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
We speak exclusively to Sir Alex Allan, who resigned as the PM’s ethics advisor in 2020, about the resignation of his successor Lord Geidt.
He tells Adam and Vicki that he’s “really upset” about the situation, and in an unexpected turn, reveals his love for cult rock band the Grateful Dead.
There’s analysis from Chris and BBC Breakfast business journalist Nina Warhurst in the studio, as well as a look at interest rates as they reach their highest point since 2009.
This edition of Newscast was made by Chris Flynn. The assistant editor was Alison Gee. The editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | I'd say my top tip for dealing with the very hot weather is not bung four gobby broadcasters |
| 0:09.8 | into a tiny studio, make the sit really close together. |
| 0:12.8 | Especially when we're so hot anyway. |
| 0:15.3 | Yes, sizzling. |
| 0:17.6 | And Nina, welcome to newscast. |
| 0:19.2 | Thank you, lovely to be here. |
| 0:20.6 | You swap the BBC breakfast business kind of, you do it on a sort of stage, don't you? |
| 0:25.0 | Sort of, but I'm more kind of hard-hat, high-vis, P-P, |
| 0:29.0 | wandering around farms and factories type of correspondent, |
| 0:31.8 | but a little bit of the, in fact, the last time I saw Chris was on the red sofa. |
| 0:35.6 | That's right, about five, six weeks ago. There's all this speculation about who might be the BBC's new political editor, |
| 0:40.9 | the pictures of Chris in the paper. |
| 0:42.5 | How did that work out? |
| 0:44.0 | It was in the newspapers. |
| 0:45.2 | I remember you threatening to say, well, maybe we show this page. |
| 0:48.6 | No, no, no, no, let's not do that. I need to take a photo of Chris kind of panicking as I tried to put something on Twitter. Congratulations. |
| 0:54.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:55.5 | Thank you. |
| 0:56.4 | Anyway, do you have any tips for keeping cool in such hot weather? |
| 0:59.4 | Staying all. |
| 1:00.7 | Yeah. |
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