When peace-keepers have a moment to spare from their endeavours in the Middle East, could they please sort things out between Kemi Badenoch and the BBC’s so-called star interviewer Emma Barnett? Blue helmets, chest armour and cricket boxes may need to be worn.
Mrs Badenoch agreed to an interview on the Today programme. A ten-minute talk with the Leader of the Opposition on Radio 4 would once have been an opportunity for the BBC to extract news lines. Alas, Barnett was chosen to conduct the interview. She was dreadful.
The interview quickly descended into a shouting-match, a raccoon fight, a shriek-fest. And
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