if that doesn't work, ofcom can go to the court and actually ask for the service to be blocked. very much. and nazir afzal. you may have seen elon musk�*s interview on x with donald trump, but what impact will the tech billionaire�*s political views and his content moderation policies have on the social media platform? i spoke to lara o'reilly from business insider and began by asking her about that interview. yeah, it didn't get off to the best start in that it took 42 minutes for the live stream to actually begin. musk said that there had been some sort of cyber attack where bad actors had kind of tried to flood the platform with traffic, and that had sent it going haywire. we haven't got any evidence that that was the case, but, clearly, as the kamala harris campaign pointed out, it's 2024 and this is a platform that still can't run a live stream, unfortunately. and it was just audio. not video, just audio. why are musk�*s activities apparently scaring advertisers off the platform? is that what's going on? i mean, yeah, where to begin? i mean, as soon as musk came in, he made

don't hide the posts. >> and giving an emergency power to ofcom is deeply sinister, isn't it?nsors something in the middle of a general election campaign, which then turns out to be true , or then turns out to be true, or turns out not to be true, but suddenly goes on to private messaging systems because people think that the state would only get rid of it for nefarious purposes. yes. >> and my personal opinion is, is i'm not very trustworthy of the balance of ofcom either. so you'd have that as who kind of makes the rules. but my view is, is information is the way to tackle disinformation. so for example, the government, if we're going to talk about covid, the government could have and does have a website that you can go to check what the government is saying about a particular topic, and then you can go and you know , do your own research you know, do your own research and check elsewhere. that's how you tackle it. >> i got as an mp lots of letters about the vaccine and people were concerned about it . people were concerned about it. and i took the trouble in one of my parli

. >> well, we love ofcom. >> ofcom is the is the censorship unit of the bbc.ip. >> but for ofcom balance. i love them . yeah, yeah. you made them. yeah, yeah. you made a good point about the licence fee in netflix's world, but we can just not watch netflix, right? >> yeah. and if bbc too far, we say, you know what? i'm not watching any of it. exactly. it's like with disney. i watch disney to watch the get back video. the beatles, who were fantastic, and i met, you know, who i met today? >> i met, i met i really can't keep you on any topic. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> really sorry. really. let's try and get back on the rails. lewis. the telegraph are warning. telegraph. i'll read the thing out. warnings. the winston churchill may have had outdated views with him living in the past and all. >> yes, this is a churchill portrait to get to get quote colonies, colonialism and racism. warning label a tory council and this is in hertfordshire. hertfordshire, hertfordshire. hertfordshire, hertfordshire. that's a great i've been there done many gigs. >> they named it three t

i can't see what purpose ofcom serves.o are unaccountable to tell us what is and isn't acceptable on the airwaves? >> so are you suggesting that there should be no regulation at all? no. >> we have laws. we have laws which prohibit the incitement of violence. the laws that prohibit so now you want the police to sit there and monitoring. all know as as tom said, it should be based on complaints made, not on, not on the active. i mean, this is again, i'm sorry to say this is again, i'm sorry to say this is a european model going out and finding a crime. you know, because under the european way of thinking, the kind of civil code approach to life, nothing is permitted unless it's expressly permitted by law. so they're always looking for people who've broken some kind of civil code. that's the way they do it over here. people can go. used to be it's no longer the case because we're infected by the european civil code. it used to be that people could do whatever they want as long as it doesn't infringe a law, and they're called

is ofcom is obviously accountable to the government.at's not you know, it's not a government to the people know exactly the government. >> can i just come back in here because i just want to keep it quite focused to the things he said today. and i think that there was for me something straight out of the authoritarian playbook, which was i'm going to stand here now, i'm going to overegg how absolutely, catastrophically awful everything was before blame everything on my opponents. i'm not saying everything was great. far from it. but the extent to which he's now saying we could have had no idea it was as bad as this. and now the promises i made to you when i asked you to vote for me. don't apply anymore. we're going to have to rip everything up and start again and that to me is that to me is. >> and it's also dangerous. it's also disingenuous. it's dangerous. >> but it's also dishonest because he did have access to the obr's records. they did have access to the government they've had through his chief of staff, the ability to understand

i think ofcom forces you to say those words. yeah, but no, i don't think ofcom has got any remit of balance about you. you're one of the few things that we're definitely allowed to be all one sided. i think ofcom ought to stay away from me. >> that's my feeling. you know, they don't want to be bothered. you just go start the show already without him. >> all good? yes. all good. thank you. >> looking forward to whatever mess this could turn into. >> it's going to be a mess. >> it's going to be a mess. >> yeah, right. that's the chit chat. done. let's take a look at your front pages. the sunday telegraph goes with schools to wage war on putrid fake news. more on that one later, mail on sunday. security chiefs pm kept in dark by aide sue gray the observer goes with riots will set back efforts to rebuild our broken justice system , warns broken justice system, warns minister vie. says reeves eyes fuel duty hike in budget. but voters are opposed. yep, the sunday times writers face ten year terms, warns cps boss and the star. on sunda

ofcom, say they regulate look into these issues through surveys.. this isn�*t parents going into shock when buying a brand—new one, it�*s probably the parents upgrade their phone, and hand their old ones to the children. another statistic for you, we were talking about parents and carers concerned about it. the unfettered access to the online world, specifically social media, because there is a question about how a company like ee with millions of customers can actually make an impact on this. for example, tiktok, snapchat, instagram, twitter. all these social media companies coming injoin until13 these social media companies coming injoin until 13 years old, but these social media companies coming in join until 13 years old, but the age verification process, they ask all of you and you tell it. it shows how a telecom company, even as big as ee, what difference can they make here? isn�*t this just a pr stunt — "mobile phone company says don�*t buy smartphones"? i�*m sure there are cynics and critics out there who�*d agree with you. i think fundamen

now ofcom , afternoon britain.the communications regulator, the communications regulator, the media regulator may gain emergency powers to counter onune emergency powers to counter online misinformation with proposals potentially putting social media giants in the crosshairs of these new regulations. >> well, the centre for countering digital hate has suggested that ofcom be granted the authority to act swiftly dunng the authority to act swiftly during crises to amplify harmful content. >> many alarm bells ringing these recommendations follow recent riots triggered by disinformation spread on platforms like x, formerly twitter, highlighting the urgent need for stronger regulatory measures. >> perhaps, some might say. >> perhaps, some might say. >> well, joining us to discuss this now is the editor of spiked magazine, tom slater. tom this is a very, interesting proposal, i suppose. ofcom wants the regulator of the airwaves now being more and more seen as the regulator of speech online, as well. >> and it's one of th

ian russell at ofcom in april questioned the delay.ly's family want a safer internet for all. this research shows their work in her name is not yet done. angus crawford, bbc news. taylor swift returns to london's wembley stadium on thursday night for the final leg of her uk eras tour. swift will be playing five final shows from tonight, with the excitement already ramping up at wembley, as fans flock to buy official merchandise. security will be tight, after her shows in vienna last week were cancelled following the arrest of three teenagers for allegedly planning an attack. these are live pictures from wembley. the excitement is building, fans already queueing up trying to snap up merchandise ahead of the shows. taylor swift shows at the stadium means she will surpass michaeljackson to become the solo artist with the most shows at wembley in a single tour. let's speak to taylor swift superfan angelica stevenson, who joins us from london. welcome, what is it that excites you so much about taylor swift? it is cliche but i _ so much abou

and ofcom says it has published an open letter to online platforms about the �*increased risk of their provoke violence and commit other offences under uk offences under uk law, in the context of recent acts of violence�*. prime minister, keir starmer has become embroiled in a war of words with elon musk after the tech billionaire said that civil war was inevitable. here are some of the other posts elon musk has made on the platform... for more analysis let's speak to the vice president of twitter, he was vice president for europe, middle east and north africa up to 2020. i want to get your view on the role of elon musk at the moment, as the owner, being very vocal about the situation in the uk. i owner, being very vocal about the situation in the uk.— situation in the uk. i think, we often hesitate _ situation in the uk. i think, we often hesitate using _ situation in the uk. i think, we often hesitate using the - situation in the uk. i think, we often hesitate using the word i often hesitate using the word oligarch about senior figures in the west, but if an oligarch is someone who i

so there's been upward pressure in household energy bills, very much influenced by the ofcom price cape have here in the uk. so as we look at those year on year numbers, you just get this kind of what looks like a bit of an oddity, but it was fully priced in and really what the market was expecting in terms of where that would come out for the inflation number. so in terms of other things that the market is expecting, we've already had one cut in the cost of borrowing this year. that was the first since the recent inflationary crisis pushed up the cost of borrowing. some are saying this could lead the bank of england, or prompt the bank of england to cut rates again in september. what are your thoughts? what are your expectations? yeah, well, the market is still pricing in two further interest rate cuts this year, with one in september and then one before we get to the end of the year. so that 25 basis points for september is not completely in the bag. but certainly after the announcement this morning, i think there seems to be more expectation from the market that that next cut will c

ian russell at ofcom in april, questioning the delay.s and we have to keep pace with the lightning fast pace of the tech industry, so the government needs to act and act soon. molly's family want a safer internet for all. this research shows their work in her name is not yet done. prince harry and meghan have begun their four—day tour of colombia. the couple are expected to support projects aimed at safeguarding young people from online harm. it comes ahead of a global ministerial conference about ending our south america correspondent ione wells is in bogota and sent this report. they're not stirring some of the more public appearances having visited a school in the where they were discussing with teenagers the potential dangers of the internet and online harms. they are now going to an art centre for a welcome summit with the vice president and meeting later today as well with activists, experts, all in the field of protecting children from potential harms online. this is something which both vice president of columbia but also the cou

ian russell at ofcom in april, questioning the delay.aying catch—up for those two decades and we have to keep pace with the lightning fast pace of the tech industry, so the government needs to act and act soon. molly's family want a safer internet for all. this research shows their work in her name is not yet done. i think this report raises a number of issues, evidence of what you might call a two tier model of content moderation, some apps like tiktok are managing to take down something like 95% of the data, meta just 2% in some tech firms are doing quite well and others need improvement. and it underlines the frustration of campaigners that regulation is not keeping pace with innovation. the online safety act was meant to solve this enforced change on to silicon valley but there is concern it is simply taking too long to bite what the regulator ofcom is still consulting on its codes of practice. the digital landscape is changing fast. campaigners want the online safety act toughened up or if necessary new legislation introduced.— legi

in i just wonder, adam, coming to you, do you think this will put pressure on ofcom when it comes toing? absolutely. i think there's going to be - what we are seeing? absolutely. i think there's going to be a - what we are seeing? absolutely. i think there's going to be a big - what we are seeing? absolutely. i i think there's going to be a big boom in political pressure both on ofcom and on the social media companies. the saudi government putting out the statement, i think it was yesterday, sitting down with representatives with some of the big platforms like tiktok and meta and youtube —— you saw the government. trying to do more. at the same time, i feel like the government ability to put pressure on these companies is somewhat limited in that the online safety law, for instance, is very much focused on stuff that is very much focused on stuff that is very much illegal, whether it is terrorism content or revenge pornography, it is very explicit about these things where it is more clear—cut about what's. .. with disinformation, it's less so. we have to leave _ disinformation, it's

there has been upward pressure in household energy bills very much influenced by ofcom price caps, sowe look as those year on year numbers, you get what looks like a bit of an oddity but it was fully priced in and really what the market was expecting in terms of where that would come out for the inflation number. in would come out for the inflation number. , ., ., , number. in terms of other things the market is expecting, _ number. in terms of other things the market is expecting, we _ number. in terms of other things the market is expecting, we have - number. in terms of other things the | market is expecting, we have already had one cut in the cost of borrowing this year, that was the first since the recent inflationary crisis pushed up the cost of borrowing. some saying this could lead the bank to cut rates again in september. what are your thoughts, expectations?— what are your thoughts, expectations? what are your thoughts, exectations? . ~ , , expectations? the market is still ricin: in expectations? the market is still pricing in two _ expectations? the market is still pricing

so there's been upward pressure in household energy bills, very much influenced by the ofcom price cap uk. so as we look at those year on year numbers, you just get this kind of what looks like a bit of an oddity, but it was fully priced in and really what the market was expecting in terms of where that would come out for the inflation number. so in terms of other things that the market is expecting, we've already had one cut in the cost of borrowing this year. that was the first since the recent inflationary crisis pushed up the cost of borrowing. some are saying this could lead the bank of england, or prompt the bank of england to cut rates again in september. what are your thoughts? what are your expectations? yeah, well, the market is still pricing in two further interest rate cuts this year, with one in september and then one before we get to the end of the year. so that 25 basis points for september is not completely in the bag. but certainly after the announcement this morning, i think there seems to be more expectation from the market that that next cut will come to take us fro

ian russell at ofcom in april questioned the delay.force is not adequately investigating crimes, or managing the risks posed by sex offenders. his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary found improvement was needed in most of the areas of scotland yard's work that it scrutinised. the met said it was "using every available resource to deliver more trust, less crime and high standards". let's speak to dal babu, former chief superintendent at the metropolitan police. welcome to the programme. it looks, having dug into the report a little, but we are talking about a workforce thatis but we are talking about a workforce that is really overloaded and not really keeping up with how perhaps the shape of crime is changing. yeah, i think you are right. it is a largely inexperienced force, almost a quarter of the officers have less than five years' experience. there is a huge recruitment drive to replace all of the officers we lost. you have to remember that policing across the country, the uk lost 20,000 police officers, 18,500 police staff, and

ofcom . belts because ofcom's ofcom.hat will take for a typical household in england, wales and scotland, your bill to about £1,717. >> well joining us now is our political editor christopher hope. what do you make of this christopher . christopher. >> yeah. morning, stephen. morning. morning. morning, both. yes. i mean a real worry here, i think, for the labour government is the 50th day of this government. they've made making choices which are raising eyebrows. they've taken away the winter fuel allowance from millions of pensioners, while at the same time giving pay rises to union bosses. we've seen rachel reeves today in the guardian make clear that, keir starmer and i decide our policy, not trade unions. but it's the day 50 of the prime minister's time as prime minister. he does pass liz truss's unwelcome record of 49 days today as prime minister. but big worries here. the average bills going up by £149 this winter. at the same time in november, this winter fuel allowance now won't go ahead for millions. instead, it

ofcom again, the company has been told to deliver 93% of posts within one working day, under rules set communications watchdog. it was fined £5.6 million last year for failing to do so. fined £5.6 million last year for failing to do so . however, royal failing to do so. however, royal mail insists there have been improvements to the services and finally three stages at leeds festival have had to close today after strong winds brought by storm lillian. gusts of up to 80 miles an hour are expected in northern parts of england and in wales. the storms also caused disruption, with roads blocked and a number of flights cancelled at heathrow airport . cancelled at heathrow airport. those are the latest headlines from the gb newsroom for now, i'll be back with you at 9:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> .com. forward slash alerts . >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> thank you sam . massive news >> thank you sam. massive news from the us there with jfk jr endorsing donald t

no one can hold ofcom to account. they can hold ofcom to account. they can hold you to account.ou to account. no one can hold them. the electoral commission, the office of budget responsibility, all these quangos have dumbed down our democracy. but the labour party could overnight swell its coffers by £35 billion per annum, and i wish they would by by removing that extra income that the banks get because the banks were rescued . right. banks were rescued. right. >> we've got to move on, fellas. time to take another quick break. i'm going to be looking at your messages as well while we do this break. but coming up, the world health organisation has declared, yeah, you guessed it, another global emergency. this time. mpox. apparently monkeypox didn't really work because you all took the mickey out of it. could this be the next pandemic? you have to stay tuned to find this is dewbs& co with me. bev turner sitting in for michelle dewberry this evening. ben habib is still here. i'm paul embry, which is lucky. otherwise it would just be me. but the world health organisation, let's mov

it's not about ofcom. you didn't need that for ofcom. you're absolutely right.s the balance they wouldn't necessarily know. and so yeah i think it's a fair point. >> interesting as well . scarlet >> interesting as well. scarlet howes, who worked on the huw edwards story last year, she's a reporter at the sun. she in the last couple of months, also broke the just stop oil story about them planning to disrupt the m25. yeah, they went to the police with those that those pieces of information. and that's why people like roger hallam at just stop oil have now got five years in the bhangar. so again, another one for, i don't know, scarlet. she, i used to work at the sun, but she joined after i left. but another piece of great investigative journalism by people and their as well their political team is excellent. >> you know they were they were dunng >> you know they were they were during the election. they were getting all of the, you know, never mind the ballots. they were getting all of the first interviews with starmer, with sunak, with whoever the leaders are. >>

it's interesting, because — sorry to interrupt — but ofcom has just put out this letter in the last hour talking to them about their duties, also saying, you know, things will change even more with the online safety act that's due to come in. but they do say, "you can act now". "there's no need to wait to make your sites and apps "safer for users." and when they say "safer," they mean, you know, don't spread harmful video material, don't incite illegal activity. i think the thing with x in particular, x appears to have been particularly resistant to the uk's calls for moderation. telegram did delete some of the groups that were spreading calls to violence on the platform after they were flagged but x has been very resistant and has gone to elon musk directly, tagging keir starmer in tweets and sort of resisting very hard any call for moderation. and how do you gauge, then, musk�*s intervention in these debates? i mean, is there any kind of precedent for a corporate figure with so much power and money taking such a strong position politically in another country's affairs? not that i can t

in preparation for this interview, i went quickly through the ofcom code , which, through the ofcom codeas also for the bbc. the bbc producer guidelines, and there's nothing in there that protects people who are not the subject of a programme. so it's to down the conscience and sensitivity of the programme makers. conscience and sensitivity of the programme makers . and if the programme makers. and if you're inviting me to agree with you're inviting me to agree with you that this was an instance of insensitivity , perhaps gross insensitivity, perhaps gross insensitivity, perhaps gross insensitivity to to, feeling, to families who not very long ago , families who not very long ago, you know, were horrendously traumatised. then i completely agree. i don't think this was, well handled. >> and jonathan, aside from the matter of taste journalistically , matter of taste journalistically, you know full well a right to reply as a part of any process. the family of valdo calocane had a right to reply. they were in this documentary, the families of those who lost their loved ones. they had no such

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mail delivered just under 80% of first class post on time in the spring, missing its target set by ofcomr rules set by the communications watchdog, it was fined £5.6 million last year for failing to do so. but royal mail insists there have been improvements to there have been improvements to the service . and finally, before the service. and finally, before we hand back to martin, three stages at leeds festival have had to close today after strong winds brought by storm lillian. gusts of up to 80 miles an hour are expected in northern parts of england and in wales. the storms also caused wider disruption, with roads blocked . disruption, with roads blocked. a number of flights cancelled at heathrow airport . those are the heathrow airport. those are the latest headlines from the gb newsroom for now. i'll be back with you in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you sam. now to our top story. this afternoon, the fa

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it's not about ofcom. you didn't need that for ofcom. you're absolutely right.n't necessarily know. and so yeah i think it's a fair point. >> interesting as well . scarlet >> interesting as well. scarlet howes, who worked on the huw edwards story last year, she's a reporter at the sun. she in the last couple of months, also broke the just stop oil story about them planning to disrupt the m25. yeah, they went to the police with those that those pieces of information. and that's why people like roger hallam at just stop oil have now got five years in the bhangar. so again, another one for, i don't know, scarlet. she, i used to work at the sun, but she joined after i left. but another piece of great investigative journalism by people and their as well their political team is excellent. >> you know they were they were dunng >> you know they were they were during the election. they were getting all of the, you know, never mind the ballots. they were getting all of the first interviews with starmer, with sunak, with whoever the leaders are. >> so i don't want to i don

i'm not sure that's been an ofcom rules, but never mind. thank you very much, sir benjamin.ll be hearing from someone on the front line of the battle for free speech and their victory against the state. and i've got a reader of the morgz making his media debut in a come back. well, i was talking to benji slade and the mail morgz have been coming in, but as promised , making his gb news as promised, making his gb news debut, i have a special guest to read the mail. morgz sixtus. what have people sent in? >> janet says i have a son who doesn't do much normally working from home. if sir benjamin needs an ear , he can have him. an ear, he can have him. >> so janet's giving her son to sir benji. i'm not going to give you away. have we got another one? what else has come in? >> alexander ? jacob what? it >> alexander? jacob what? it your full title? what considering your father was in the house of lords and you remain a privacy counsellor. >> well, i think from now on i shall be known as the father of sextus. after that brilliant reading . but actually, my full reading. but actual

ofcom has a part to play.ealing with, with children at the moment online and the harms to children. they must look at hate speech. france for instance, makes makes social media companies take down hate speech within an hour. otherwise there's going to be a huge fine moutaz ahmed, you've got hotels being targeted with migrants inside. >> that is government policy. a tory government policy. in fact, that's why they're there, the rwanda plan has gone. there's no other way of removing people. >> and the key point, by the way, just on social media is the government is just not equipped to deal with the likes of elon musk. if you look at how long it took the government to get through the online harms bill. yeah, right. with all those consultations, how it has changed and how it's changed. and at the end of it, it was already outdated. this is not a government that's equipped take on someone like that. >> that's all governments. but on this situation the these hotels are targets for these the far right as i described

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ofcom has a part to play.dealing with, with children at the moment online and the harms to children. they must look at hate speech. france for instance, makes makes social media companies take down hate speech within an hour. otherwise there's going to be a huge fine moutaz ahmed, you've got hotels being targeted with migrants inside. >> that is government policy. a tory government policy. in fact, that's why they're there, the rwanda plan has gone. there's no other way of removing people. >> and the key point, by the way, just on social media is the government is just not equipped to deal with the likes of elon musk. if you look at how long it took the government to get through the online harms bill. yeah, right. with all those consultations, how it has changed and how it's changed. and at the end of it, it was already outdated. this is not a government that's equipped take on someone like that. >> that's all governments. but on this situation the these hotels are targets for these the far right as i describe

let's start with this sunday telegraph piece and louis, please don't get me in trouble with ofcom. >>, this is good news. there's no problem here. thousands seek compensation after covid vaccines left them disabled. >> can use. »- >> can use. >> it is good news. and you know what? i didn't think i didn't i didn't take i wasn't vaccinated and i didn't think the vaccine was was going to be dangerous. but it appears to be dangerous, especially as astrazeneca thing. there have been 16,000 applications for money from the vaccine, 14,000? where's 14,000? >> 14,000 have applied for it says here 16,000, 16,000 in total since 1979. >> 16,000. okay. whatever for the for the okay from this from the for the okay from this from the vaccine damage payments scheme. it's their way of giving money to the to the vaccine people saying, hey, don't worry if people start dying, don't worry if babies are born dead, whatever it is, we'll we'll pick it up. and that's what's happened now because companies were taken off the hook. >> that's a pretty horrific stories here, adam, right. >> yeah. it's quite sad. >

you know, under the ofcom overview of tv companies.helle, if matthew and i come on this show and say something that is demonstrably false, you have a duty to intervene and correct us. there is no such compulsion on social media and i think that's a real cause for concern. and when you see someone like musk, who's you know, made x a sewer compared to what it was before he took over, better , before he took over, better, well, he's allowed a whole range of people putting forward fake news conspiracy theories that i think is a real cause for concern. and, matthew, when you talk about , concern. and, matthew, when you talk about, you concern. and, matthew, when you talk about , you know, the talk about, you know, the teaching of fake news, what bridget phillipson, the education secretary, was talking about was critical thinking. you know , reasoning, questioning know, reasoning, questioning received assumptions. i'm sure in your courses at kent university, you've got such components about critical thinking. and it's absolutely right . it's

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. >> i love you're so worried about ofcom or getting sued like, allegedly he's being brought back. he really like sue? i'm not being brought back. that's such a weird lawsuit. >> i don't i don't want to mislead people. i just thought i read that on twitter today or in a newspaper somewhere. >> one of the taxi or one of the taxis? >> yes , for legal reasons. >> yes, for legal reasons. >> yes, for legal reasons. >> that was a joke as well. >> that was a joke as well. >> he might say a joke. >> that was a joke as well. >> he might say a joke . clearly >> he might say a joke. clearly a joke. yeah, yeah. it's ridiculous. >> it's not grooming. if you if you want to receive the message, maybe it still is. i don't know . maybe it still is. i don't know. >> well, don't get me started on that unsolicited messages with a consenting adult, which is i don't. but anyway , that's don't. but anyway, that's another topic. >> fair enough. the front page of the we've done the telegraph, aren't we. which which one? we went on to. now let's do the guardian. the guardian is what we're going to go for. c