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Agreed. Nicola Sturgeon's interview the other day was a perfect example - she held herself well and the interview was strong when it was relevant to her, but Morgan (and Reid) soon started throwing questions about Westminster's decisions at her, in an attempt to make a point about how ridiculous it was that the Conservatives had provided no ministers to be interviewed. Despite Sturgeon's constant response of "I can't speak for Westmister, those are not decisions I make", Piers kept badgering her with "Well they haven't sent anyone, so you'll have to do". Here they had the first minister of Scotland, speaking very well and answering all their (relevant) questions directly and honestly. They had an opportunity to ask much more about her plans for the country and Scotland's response in general, but they wasted the second half of the interview shouting at her in a display of frustration with something she has no control over. Presumably because that's what would get Twitter responding.
I switched over.
Maybe they could have asked her why testing numbers are so low in Scotland.
Exactly. I'm all for tough challenging of politicians but I'd prefer to hear what they have to say and be challenged on it rather than for them to ambushed and drowned out by the bluster & grandstanding of the host. Otherwise it just doesn't work.
Agreed. Nicola Sturgeon's interview the other day was a perfect example - she held herself well and the interview was strong when it was relevant to her, but Morgan (and Reid) soon started throwing questions about Westminster's decisions at her, in an attempt to make a point about how ridiculous it was that the Conservatives had provided no ministers to be interviewed. Despite Sturgeon's constant response of "I can't speak for Westmister, those are not decisions I make", Piers kept badgering her with "Well they haven't sent anyone, so you'll have to do". Here they had the first minister of Scotland, speaking very well and answering all their (relevant) questions directly and honestly. They had an opportunity to ask much more about her plans for the country and Scotland's response in general, but they wasted the second half of the interview shouting at her in a display of frustration with something she has no control over. Presumably because that's what would get Twitter responding.
I switched over.
Maybe they could have asked her why testing numbers are so low in Scotland.