BBC's Reputation, 'Hypocrite' Cummings, and 'Tone Deaf' NHS

Morning Glory with Mike Graham

Matt Hall

News, Unknown, News & Politics

4.4 • 741 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Conservative MP for Maldon and Minister of State for Media and Data, John Whittingdale starts the show, to discuss the BBC's badly tarnished reputation. Former Special Advisor and talkRADIO Commentator Peter Cardwell looks ahead to Dominic Cummings giving evidence tomorrow for the Government's handling of the pandemic. Dr Richard Vautrey, BMA GP Committee Chair and Mike speak about GP's being let down by 'tone deaf' NHS England letter on face-to-face appointments. Finally, Dr Simon Clarke speaks about the vaccine and social distancing rules.

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0:00.0	Across the UK, online, on DAB and on your smart speaker, the Independent Republic of Mike Graham, on Talk Radio.
0:14.3	Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio.
0:18.5	The song remains the same today, ladies and gentlemen, as the BBC prepares for a new onslaught on its practices.
0:24.1	Yesterday, Lee Anderson MP declared the once great BBC to be, in his words, rotten. And it's hard to disagree,
0:30.5	following their cover-up and re-employment of the discredited Martin Bashir, despite knowing that he had forged documents and lied repeatedly in order to get his
0:38.1	infamous interview with the Princess of Wales back in 1995. Julian Knight, the chairman of the
0:43.7	Digital Culture, Media and Sport Committee, wondered whether Bashir was rehired in order to keep him
0:48.7	quiet. The BBC denies that. They said they themselves are now conducting not one, but two reviews into their
0:55.0	governance and conduct. But I'm wondering, like you are, are they really the best people to
1:00.0	investigate themselves? Even veteran broadcaster Jeremy Vine is now calling for a criminal
1:04.5	investigation into his own organisation. And as we've been saying at Talk Radio, these are very
1:09.1	difficult times for the BBC and they cannot surely remain as they are.
1:12.9	We'll be talking to John Whittingdale, MP, Minister for Media and Data this morning, to get his take on what should happen inside Broadcasting House.
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1:22.1	You might remember Claire Fox was with us last week and she said she was a little bit uneasy about having government
1:27.5	probing journalism and having government sort of overseeing whatever journalists should be doing.
1:33.4	I'm not so sure she's right about that.
1:35.1	We'll find out what you think as well.
1:36.7	0344449-1,000.
1:38.5	Coming up, we're also joined by former special advisor Peter Cardwell with a look ahead to Dominic
1:42.3	Cummings appearance before a select committee tomorrow. He's all set to throw Matt Hancock under a giant bus over the lockdowns,
1:48.5	but will he also betray his former master, Boris Johnson? We'll also be chatting to the British
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