Summary
The Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries tells Adam and Chris that Chelsea FC are on "borrowed time" and must be sold within weeks.
She also says that the culture in Westminster is getting worse.
And speaking on the day the government's broadcasting white paper was published, she denied accusations that the privatisation of Channel 4 was politically motivated.
Today’s episode of Newscast was made by Chris Flynn and Danny Wittenberg. The assistant editor was Alison Gee.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Chris, it's a double celebration. Oh, yeah. |
| 0:06.9 | You're a Covid-free. Yes. |
| 0:09.0 | And you're going to be the new political editor, |
| 0:10.8 | and this is the first time I've seen you. Yes. |
| 0:12.8 | April 2022 will go down as a busy month for me, |
| 0:16.5 | both professionally and epidemiologically. |
| 0:20.0 | So yeah, no, I'm very excited. |
| 0:21.8 | I can't quite believe I'm going to be sort of putting |
| 0:23.3 | on the lower hat in a few weeks. |
| 0:26.1 | Went out to celebrate the pub in Halifax, |
| 0:27.8 | and two days later I had Covid. |
| 0:29.4 | So which was fine, but I'm now back. |
| 0:31.0 | Well, congratulations on both fronts, |
| 0:33.0 | and a very proud of you. Thank you. |
| 0:35.0 | And I've got your present, which is a half hour long interview |
| 0:38.2 | with the Culture Secretary in Indingendories. |
| 0:39.8 | This is an episode of newscast. |
| 0:41.4 | The bad news is you've got to share it with me. |
| 0:43.2 | Fair enough. That'll do. |
| 0:44.9 | Newscast. |
| 0:45.9 | Newscast from the BBC |
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