and thomas smith requested: well, alex forsythjoins me enough my westminster studio, thank you forjoining congratulations on your new role. you are covering the whole of the country. can you explain your new role? yes, the thinking behind this is that over the course of the past few years in particular, our political coverage has rightly been dominated by what happens in westminster that is of course largely due to brexit, the fact that there's been a lot of parliamentary process, there's been some of the important decisions taking place in westminster and of course, the mps from the various political parties have been having a real influence on what is been happening and there is a sense and a feeling that it should not be all we do in terms of our politics and that the decisions made here in westminster affect people from around the country and sometimes what is happening up there in the uk can affect the way the things play out here in westminster, so the idea was that we should try to represent that bit more fully. you're based in birmingham, how does that affect where you go day to d

appointment enthusiastically: another viewer tweeted this response: and thomas smith requested: well, alex forsythjoinss is that over the course of the last few years in particular, our political coverage has quite rightly been dominated by what happens here in westminster and that is of course been largely to do brexit, the fact that there's been a lot of parliamentary process, there's been some of the important decisions taken here in westminster and, of course, the mp5 from the various political parties have had a real influence on what's been happening more widely. but there was a sense and a feeling that it should not be all we do in terms of our politics. that, of course, the decisions made here in westminster affect people from around the country and sometimes what is happening out there in the uk can affect the way that the things play out here in westminster, so the idea was that we should try and represent that bit more fully. you're based in birmingham, how is it decided where you're going to go day to day? largely, it depends on the story. so, the jobs really got two parts to it. part of it