and presumably you used to watch it live on bbc parliament channel. to read you what the bbc have told us. we spoke to senior editorial managers and they're all tied up with the big by—elections in tamworth in mid bedfordshire, so they couldn't come on the programme today. but during the recent run of conferences, the bbc parliament channel broadcast proceedings from the welsh and scottish parliaments rather than live coverage from the party conferences. and they gave us a statement about providing coverage and analysis of the party conferences across its output — "in the last month, politics live broadcast live from the conservative and labour autumn party conferences carrying the speeches of the party leaders and the chancellor and shadow chancellor in full. we have also produced special programmes around the leaders�* speeches from the liberal democrat and snp conferences. there has been a substantial amount of discussion and analysis of decisions and debate at the conferences on numerous bbc platforms, including radio and television programmes, as

i've never known that before on a bbc parliament channel where i always thought they just said this theis is the person speaking and this what the debates are, this is what the debates are, what do what do you make? what do you what do you make? should people be concerned that the starting to sort of, the bbc is starting to sort of, in effect, trying to in effect, start trying to predict or not what predict whether or not what somebody's saying somebody's an mp saying in parliament is right or wrong? that seems slippery slope to that seems a slippery slope to me . me. >> yeah, i'm sure they weren't doing that. i can't comment precisely what you're saying because i didn't know about it. but know what the bbc is but i know what the bbc is trying do and it's partly trying to do and it's partly because of what donald trump is doing america is do you doing in america is how do you deal people who , you know, deal with people who, you know, tell know tell untruths? i don't know whether bridgen or whether andrew bridgen did or not. the bbc is trying not. and what the bbc is trying to do throug

presumably used to watch it live on bbc- used to watch it live on bbc parliament channel. ference and what won't be so important is going to be difficult. but the chances to see the debates, particularly those where the membership go against what the leadership would prefer them to do is really indicative of what is going on in the party and gives an insight into how things will play out if they are elected into government.— out if they are elected into covernment. ., ., ., government. doctorjohn carman, thank ou government. doctorjohn carman, thank you so — government. doctorjohn carman, thank you so much. _ government. doctorjohn carman, thank you so much. finally, i government. doctorjohn carman, thank you so much. finally, on i thank you so much. finally, on wednesday morning, bbc breakfast sports presented hugh ferris but as the happy news that england public men had qualified for the year football tournament having been in italy 3—1. the nation rejoice, but one viewer was less happy. the dashing hugh ferris is hardly an old man with wide whiskers but we asked him abou