butjulie coyne had a different perspective writing on thursday...he health editor for bbc news, hugh pym, has scarcely been off our screens over the past few months and a couple of weeks ago well, the health editor for bbc news, hugh pym, has scarcely been off our screens over the past few months and a couple of weeks ago he won this year's charles wheeler award for outstanding contribution to broadcast journalism. and hejoins me now. the public mood around covid is really changed since march, hasn't it? genuine disagreement nationwide about lockdown measures and i wonder if you think there are dangers for the bbc in putting those views on airas they might discourage compliance. there did seem to be much more national consensus about lockdown measures in march, april and may. and that seems very different now understandably when people have lost jobs and their businesses have been affected, and they are getting pretty fed up with the situation. i think we have a duty to reflect different shades of opinion on bbc news, and we are certainly not shy of

butjulie coyne had a different perspective writing on thursday...es and i wonder if you think there are dangers for the bbc in putting those views on airas they might discourage compliance. there did seem to be much more national consensus about lockdown measures in march, april and may. and that seems very different now understandably when people have lost jobs and their businesses have been affected, and they are getting pretty fed up with the situation. i think we have a duty to reflect different shades of opinion on bbc news, and we are certainly not shy of using interviewees who might be critical of aspects of government policy, if they are credible witnesses. for example, the great barrington declaration, those were academics who challenged lockdown. doctor gupta and doctor hannigan from oxford university were among those who signed them, and carl hannigan, we have used on challenging some of the government figures. it is a big debate here, and we are reflecting all shades of opinion and what can be quite a polarising situation. i want to ask