the independent has detail on this special adviser emma andrew sabisky, who has been sacked, was in number like, who is this guy? we haven't heard of him until he was removed from the position as it were. the one we have all heard of in the uk is dominic cummings, who has been working with boris johnson cummings, who has been working with borisjohnson prolonged time. this story highlights these special advisers, their role and influence, we shouldn't know their names, shouldn't know their names, should we? we should not know their name and what is fascinating about this and u nfortu nately we fascinating about this and unfortunately we do know this quy's unfortunately we do know this guy's name because of his slightly repugnant views on things to do with race et cetera, i have been around for decades, this is a brilliant piece on the independent which looks at the history of it going back to winston churchill's time. what you find is these special advisers are very clever in one context, but they have views which we would 110w they have views which we would now find uncomfortable. these ar

emma hughes in south wales. a downing street adviser has resigned after he faced criticism for comments he allegedly made several years ago on race and teenage pregnancy. labour had called for andrew sabiskypeople. our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster for us. this all caused considerable disquiet among mps and cabinet ministers? yes, a growing number of tory mps are deeply unhappy at the appointment of andrew sabisky, who announced he was quitting in a series of tweets in which he seems pretty defiant, accusing the media of what he called a giant character assassination and suggesting the media had selectively misquoted him and created mass hysteria about some of his comments on twitter and on blogs. i had to say, the man who appointed him this morning seems equally defiant and there was no suggestion of a contract or repentant mood from dominic cummings, the prime minister's chief adviser, when he emerged from his house this morning. reporter: have you got any more weirdos? read philip tetlock, superforecasters. instead of political pundits who don't know what they're talking about. reporter: do you regret his appointment? reporter: does number ten condemn his vi