Media Training Update w/c 17th November

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Good morning, it’s Monday 17th November.

The Week Ahead:

Monday: Shabana Mahmood expected to publish Asylum Policy Statement amid speculation over Danish-style asylum reforms.


Tuesday:  Donald Trump hosts Mohammed Bin Salman at the White House.


Wednesday: UK inflation data released.
Latest round of resident doctors’ strikes ends.


Thursday:  Covid Inquiry Module 2 report published.

Negotiations day at COP30.

Friday: Final public sector finance data released ahead of the Budget.

England play Australia in The Men’s Ashes first test.


Saturday: South Africa hosts G20 leaders’ summit.

One Word Answers in interviews: 
A wasted opportunity to link, or a genuine moment of impact?

Words Without Risk

Mark Borkowski writes superbly on the danger of the “beige dialect” of Westminster politics and compares it to the recent New York mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani.

I get that we campaign in poetry and govern in prose, but it’s hard to disagree with a single word of his Westminster takedown.


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BBC Post-script:

”The BBC is very widely used across the political spectrum. It is the most popular source of news among both Conservative and Labour voters, and among both Leave and Remain voters.”


I’ve had enough of the BBC story to last me a lifetime, however the Reuters Institute updated their numbers on levels of trust in the UK towards the Beeb, which is worth remembering as the levels of hysteria reach hyperdrive…

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News In Brief


Figures show none of the US ‘big four’ – CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox – appear to have sent teams to cover the COP summit in Belém

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New analysis of more than 220,000 UK broadcast mentions shows the Green Party is the only political force to have increased its airtime since early September.

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P45 Time:


A fascinating pay-off line from an article about car sales in one of Pakistan’s leading newspapers last week:

Footnotes: 


On this day: The head of the Renault car company, Georges Besse, was assassinated outside his home in Paris on this day in 1986.

Mutt Photo: “Pop on an old Crufts re-run Leo, and snuggle up under my blanket”…

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Back next Monday. Have a brilliant week.

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