donald mccallum contacted us to say: peter atkins wondered: and mick tonks suggested: well, to discuss i'm joined from the bbc newsroom by sam taylor, executive editor of the news channel. sam, what was your reaction to seeing anna soubry called a nazi live on air? well, let's be clear, no—one working in the media, in politics, members of the public, no—one should be exposed to any kind of abuse or intimidation from people. and in that regard, the events of this week were shocking and, you know, not something we would support in any way. what i'm pleased to see is that the response from parliamentarians and the police has been very clear. there's a clear desire to ensure things like this don't happen again and there have been enhancements made to the policing moving forward. although it's a tricky incident, i do think changes are in place now which should allow us to continue with the important work of reporting parliament from this location. this wasn't an isolated incident — viewers have been complaining for quite some time about protesters on college green really distracting from in