The art of the political interview
Westminster Insider
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The Conflict Between Off and Off Record Relationships
There are moments where my mouth has dropped open at the contradiction between what said in private and what said in public. I'll give you one example and I can only do it because bless him he's no longer here to defend himself. Patty Ashton I can now reveal rang me up to tell me something and I went straight on the today program as a political editor then to reveal what I'd heard which was a juicy bit of information about the Lib Dems and the Labour Party but obviously not saying who I'd heard it from. What I didn't know is that the today program had booked Patty to come on straight after my two way in which he said the words I will never forget I don
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