Front-woman or fall guy? Ex-TV presenter Allegra Stratton will front No10’s new White House-style press conferences Downing Street said to have appointed Allegra Stratton as its new TV spokesman Ex-journalist Ms Stratton will host White House-style daily TV press briefings Ms Stratton joined the Government in April this year to work for Rishi Sunak By Jack … Read more
Ex-TV presenter Allegra Stratton ‘lined up for No10 job’: Mother-of-two who went back to work six weeks after giving birth ‘is Boris Johnson’s preferred choice’ to front White House-style daily press briefings after overseeing rise of ‘Dishy Rishi’ Sunak Downing Street is planning to launch daily televised press briefings in October Boris Johnson reportedly wants … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon is using her daily coronavirus press conferences as ‘party political broadcasts’ and a lack of proper scrutiny of her decisions has allowed her to cultivate a ‘Saint Nicola’ persona in Scotland through the crisis, a leading MSP told MailOnline today. Michelle Ballantyne, Conservative MSP for South Scotland, spoke out as Boris Johnson visited Orkney … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon is using her daily coronavirus press conferences as ‘party political broadcasts’ and a lack of proper scrutiny of her decisions has allowed her to cultivate a ‘Saint Nicola’ persona in Scotland through the crisis, a leading MSP told MailOnline today. Michelle Ballantyne, Conservative MSP for South Scotland, spoke out as Boris Johnson visited Orkney … Read more
Donald Trump touted Monday that he will resume the ‘very successful’ briefings on the pandemic after his frequent appearances at the White House Coronavirus Task Force updates ceased. The president insisted that briefings are the best way to update Americans on the coronavirus crisis, especially amid a surge in infection rates, as Trump says he … Read more
Donald Trump touted Monday that he will resume the ‘very successful’ briefings on the pandemic after his frequent appearances at the White House Coronavirus Task Force updates ceased. The president insisted that briefings are the best way to update Americans on the coronavirus crisis, especially amid a surge in infection rates, as Trump says he … Read more
How viewing figures for No10’s coronavirus briefings have wavered from record highs of 27.5m to lows of 2m viewers as ministers scrap Saturday and Sunday addresses The Government has held daily press briefings on Covid-19 since March 16 Boris Johnson’s both national addresses received around 25 million viewers Last Sunday, just 2.21 million people tuned … Read more
How viewing figures for No10’s coronavirus briefings have wavered from record highs of 27.5m to lows of 2m viewers as ministers scrap Saturday and Sunday addresses The Government has held daily press briefings on Covid-19 since March 16 Boris Johnson’s both national addresses received around 25 million viewers Last Sunday, just 2.21 million people tuned … Read more
‘End the bloody boring daily No10 coronavirus briefings’: Tory MPs say they should be scaled back to once a week to ‘normalise’ the country Daily Downing Street briefings have been held on coroanvirus since mid-March Senior Tories say the government is under pressure to make announcements Calls for the press conference to be scaled back … Read more
President Trump spends around two hours attacking the media and Democrats during the coronavirus briefings, according to analysis in two reports. According to studies of the press conferences, Trump devotes 45 minutes on average to praising his own response to the crisis, while designating just four-and-a-half minutes to the victims of the pandemic. Both the … Read more