here is martin burgess—moon.ust wondering why it was on, interrupting prime—time tv on bbc one, when basically all he was doing was confirming the spread of omicron, and also plugging the booster jabs, that everybody should have a boosterjab, which is what we have been told for quite a while anyway, and are continuing to be told. it seems a bit of a pointless exercise, and as far as i could tell at the start he seemed to be plugging himself, and basically going on about his success in rolling out the vaccines and so on. and i was wondering, with all the problems he has been having with these alleged christmas parties and also the upcoming by—election, was this an exercise really just to boost himself? and it seemed to come across more like a party political broadcast. so i was wondering, seeing this was pre—recorded and obviously there was no chance for a journalist or the public to put questions to him, or question why this emergency broadcast was necessary, did nobody watch this and take a look at it first befo

here is martin burgess—moon.s parties and also the upcoming by—election, was this an exercise really just to boost himself? and it seemed to come across more like a party political broadcast. so i was wondering, seeing this was pre—recorded and obviously there was no chance for a journalist or the public to put questions to him, or question why this emergency broadcast was necessary, did nobody watch this and take a look at it first before it was broadcast and think... this just seems a little bit dodgy? well, we asked for an answer to those points as well, and we were given a statement. it pointed out that the bbc news channel showed reaction from other parties following the prime minister's statement, and that responses from the leader of the opposition and the first ministers of scotland and wales were also broadcast this week. and a bbc spokesperson also told us: 0n last week's programme we discussed whether distressing —— 0n last week's programme we discussed whether distressing details of the death of six—y