Thank you 🙏 for all the lovely comments about
#PoliticsLive
and all the support from so many quarters. We will be back Monday to Thursday and look forward to your company for more lively political scrutiny and debate.
Another week of high drama in British politics. Close to 1 million viewers watching some of our
#PoliticsLive
programmes on BBC2 at lunchtime. Record figures reflecting the huge appetite for politics. See you for more next week.
Sir Patrick Vallance says this drug
#dexamethasone
can immediately be used across the world. It’s inexpensive, very stable, in cupboards now. The scientists both say they’re very excited about it.
Really sad
@BBCSimonMcCoy
is leaving the BBC. Funny, naughty, mischief-making but brilliant at his job. I struggled to keep a straight face presenting with him on
@BBCNewsChannel
many moons ago. But working life was never dull. All the best x
"I think the EU members are keen to have us rejoin. I think we have got friends in Europe, I think we will be welcome"
@MrJohnNicolson
told me before I asked him for evidence of his claim
#PoliticsLive
We are back tomorrow. One day a week for now
Join me for
#PoliticsLive
with
#pmqs
from 1115-1300 on Wednesday June 3
And a guest appearance from
@afneil
DUP Westminster Leader
@NigelDoddsDUP
tells ministers to ‘read the details’ of the Protocol for Northern Ireland. He reminds
@BorisJohnson
of his words on never agreeing to a Customs Border down the Irish Sea. He asks the PM to reconsider his agreement.
Been a great adventure on
#bbcdp
looking forward to the new look Politics Live being launched on Monday 3rd September. Interest in Politics has never been greater so perfect time for a new show
@RobBurl
@markaizatt
Very sorry to hear there will be no Politics Live at just the time we need sensible and balanced debate and discussion on the critical issues that face us.
@Jo_Coburn
#politicslive
is back next week! We are on air on Tuesday at 1215 and then at 1115 for
#pmqs
on Wednesday. And, from Monday 7th we will return fully with four shows a week from Mon-Thurs. Join
@Jo_Coburn
and guests next week on BBC2!
Homeward bound from a gloriously sunny Manchester. Two weeks of party conferences at an end. Thanks to the brilliant
#BBCPoliticsLive
team here and in Westminster. Time to catch up on some sleep!
@MissEllieMae
I always have notes for interviews.
Those words were part of a question.
Other phrases in the notes were "empowering the membership" and "transformation of the Labour Party"
"An absolute disgrace.
@SarahChampionMP
knows more about this than anybody else because she has seen it in her constituency"
@IainDale
on police & social services "failures"
"A disgrace she was sacked from her role for speaking the truth”
@angelasmithmp
Chief Med Officer Chris Whitty sending strong message that if you have a medical emergency, you shouldn’t be deterred from going to hospital because “the NHS is open for business”
#DowningStreetBriefing
Part 9 of the Downing Street lockdown parties: the police say 20 fines for breaking the law will be issued. 3 mins on the latest developments and No.10's response. Produced by Mary Fuller and Michael Cox.
We asked Labour to come on
#politicslive
as we looked at a tweet from
@wesstreeting
about the party’s handling of anti-Semitism claims, but no-one was available
NHS Medical Director Stephen Powis says there’s some evidence the Transmission rate of the virus has fallen below one because of social distancing. He says it’s still too early to read too much into it but shows the restrictions are working
Boris Johnson striking a very different tone to previous Commons performances. Carefully balancing his appeal to MPs across the house. Numerous references to ‘our European friends’
Delighted and proud that
#politicsLive
has been recognised in the BBC’s 50:50 Equality Project . The programme has consistently reached gender balance on its daily panels since it started in 2018.
So terribly sad to hear Tessa Jowell has died after her brave battle with brain cancer. She was always warm, vivacious and kind. Loved by all sides in politics. R.I.P
I really miss
#PoliticsLive
on a day like today where we have some fascinating first moments in parliament from virtual question sessions to Keir Starmer’s first outing at PMQs against Dominic Raab. Would have loved some expert analysis on all of it led by
@Jo_Coburn
&
@afneil
.
Just spoken to
@LordCFalconer
about claims made by
@margarethodge
. He told me ‘I am shocked she thought I was trying to pressurise her into apologising for calling
@jeremycorbyn
an antisemite. I was just trying to urge the party to drop their complaint against her’.
"Stop calling me insane, you demean yourself, you demean our national debate" Liam Halligan
"Are you going to let me speak or not?” Polly Toynbee
“I will, just stop calling me insane” he replies
Obviously, they were talking
#Brexit
#politicslive
Apology eggcepted. I’m just kicking myself that I didn’t instantly see it was you two as the scrambling perpetrators
@AndrewBowie_MP
@MattChorley
I could have served up some ritual humiliation on air! 😉
Should also say that
@Jo_Coburn
has absolutely smashed it out of the park these last 3 years on
#politicslive
We conciously did away with pretty much all scripts to get away from traditional programming style, yet she stays cool as cucumber with no safety net. Top broadcaster!
‘Time to forge a new contract with the British people’ says
@Keir_Starmer
as he sets out Labour’s vision in a post pandemic world. Lots of comparisons from the Labour leader to the post war period
The Health Sec
@MattHancock
has also said at the
#DowningStreetBriefing
that the UK has joined the EU procurement scheme for medical equipment but it hasn’t produced anything. Top FCO civil servant has said it was a Political decision not to join the scheme. Well I’m confused!
That was the last programme before Easter and the last one with our editor
@RobBurl
A big thankyou to him from me and the
#PoliticsLive
team
We are back on Monday April 12
Thanks for the feedback. Totally take on board what you say. It’s a balance between allowing the conversation to flow without constant interruption by me whilst also reigning in the guests when it gets out of hand
@Jo_Coburn
Please Jo could you stop people all talking at once. It comes out of the tv, into the living room as cacophony. Blah that keeps getting louder!
With events moving this fast. No time for lunch. I'll be back with a special
#PoliticsLive
Monday at 3.20pm to cover the Prime Minister's Brexit statement and Jeremy Corbyn's response
No idea how long we'll be on air for ........
“You will have to ask my party that, it certainly felt like it at the time” Labour MP Sarah Champion told me on
#politicslive
when I asked about her being shut down and effectively sacked from front bench for speaking out about child abuse in Rotherham
@BBCCarrie
What a career, what a contribution, what a woman! You will be missed
(particularly by me on Saturday). Wishing you lots of happy times ahead on your next adventure. Best Jo x
@Jo_Coburn
For fuck sake jo do something constructive instead of whining .Get the govmt to sort out these scummy supermarkets who r only thinking of themselves!!! Sort out home deliveries for the vulnerable who r being forced to isolate, come on u donkey..
Mark Harper has reserved judgement on the PM until now. He said his actions were ‘indefensible’ and that Boris Johnson was ‘no longer worthy’ of the office he holds
OK so admit I'm deeply tragic for trying to keep up with
#PoliticsLive
on holiday BUT isn't
@Jo_Coburn
a massively underrated presenter? I think she's terrific...
Michael Gove explaining why testing has not reached the rate promised but the government. Still no date for when it will reach 25,000 a day
#Coronavirus
She was one of Parliament's great characters. My interview with Baroness Trumpington in 2014 was peppered with fantastic anecdotes and she talked about her relationship with Lady Thatcher.
Two
#PoliticsLive
programmes today! On air in 20 mins from 12.15-1pm and then again at 13.45 for Sir Keir Starmer’s speech to Labour Party conference in Liverpool … keep the telly on!
Special edition of the
@daily_politics
today to cover the Prime Minister’s Brexit Speech. BUT we’re on at a different time from 13.30-14.30. Join me then
In response to the OBR’s scenario for the economy post lockdown, the Chancellor
@RishiSunak
says these times require “an unprecedented response” but we must be honest about “hardships ahead” as the “most important thing for the economy is to protect people’s health”.
There was no political decision to turn down participation in the EU scheme to procure ventilators says
@MattHancock
. Direct contradiction of what Sir Simon McDonald the Perm Sec at the Foreign Office said Earlier today.