ben bradley, though he's a conservative _ reporting?ve party mp, he's - reporting? ben bradley, though he's a conservative party mp, he's not i a conservative party mp, he's not begin up those credentials, talking more about what he has achieved in those two rows, rather than what about the parties do nationally. he's aware of the fact that the tories are struggling, a long way behind the labour party in national opinion polls. similar to what andy street, the tory incumbent in the west midlands has been doing, and also in tees valley, so in a way we will not be able to read too much into the results nationally because the local conservative consuls have distanced themselves from the party on a national basis. the difference between ben bradley and andy street, he does already have a record to speak of, he is well—known, that might help them, it might hinder him as well. the labour party are confident they will be able to win the east midlands mayoral, but turnout will be key. the talk about the sense of disillusionment here, the sense

you've heard what ben bradley has to say. was ben bradley has had to say. was he to say that stuff? myself. i think the back room myself. i think actually some factual actually there are some factual inaccuracies actually there are some factual inacijracies actually there are some factual inaci know; actually there are some factual inaci know brent bradley but i know brent ben bradley a bit. i know him well, but bit. i don't know him well, but i've bread with him and i've broken bread with him and had a few jars with him. can had a few jars with him. i can assure you not a racist assure you there's not a racist bonein assure you there's not a racist bone in that man's body, and what he's got what i worry about, if he's got something factually incorrect, he on it. he should be corrected on it. wandsworth, way, is only wandsworth, by the way, is only recently it's been for recently labour. it's been for conservative donkey's years. labour at the last labour took it at the last election. it's historically had very low time. >> election though. >> the last election though. >> the last e

like that phrase was restrained from doing that by his editors headed by ben bradley on the theory of we would let the jury decide that. assuming that legend is true and i think there is some, truth to it. times have changed. >> i really do think it comes down the world of journals to tell the reader what to think or help them read for themselves i'm in the latter camp. because that's what i think people want to do they do not want to be led the old struggle that we overcame in the 1920s i think but now we are back to again a 19th century model or morning to tell them what they think because we don't trust them to arrive at the right conclusions otherwise. quick scrabble question over r here. >> this is been very interesting. my name is chris by thehe way vy much mainstream media. my question, you raise the issue of business models. it seems like a business model hasn't crisply favored the balkanization of the media. that's really what we are looking at today. the landscape in which so many have slotted into one point in the ideological spectrum. is there a business model you think ca

bradley foundation, which is not what you consider good journalistic practice. so some days are fun. thank you all for coming out and i'll go find one good afternoon. i'm ben olinsky i'm the senior vice president for structural and governance here at the center for american progress. and it's my pleasure to welcome you this afternoon for an incredibly important conversation on on the filibuster with senator jeff and mike zamore coauthors