doctor gupta and doctor hennigan from oxford university were among those who signed them, and carl henniganave used on challenging some of the government figures. it is a big debate here, and we are reflecting all shades of opinion in what can be quite a polarised situation. i want to ask a bit more about that, because, with the debate so polarised, the bbc is in a really tricky position. if you portray the official policy you run the risk of being seen as a mouthpiece for the government, and if you highlight the opposite view, the audience complain, and they do complain, that they are becoming confused and cynical. can you give an insight into your approach as a bbc journalist and how much coverage to give each side? boris johnson himself said at his most recent press briefing that there were two ends of this debate in the spectrum. one was that we had to go for tougher lockdown measures than what the government was proposing at the moment in england, that is, and the other end of the spectrum is that any form of restrictions even now, never mind more, was unacceptable because it was damag