Strange silence from proper telly except @SkyNews

 At the weekend I tweeted a lot about the Rwanda trip arranged by UK Home Office and the exclusion of journalists clearly opposed to recent legislation. Today I bought a print copy of Guardian and i but can find nothing that explains how the journalism was arranged. 

There was some online reporting. Independent reports Ed Davey speech. He objected to the exclusion of journalists and claimed it showed Rwanda as a "vanity project" . But I cannot find this reported in i or Guardian. Yesterday Sophy Ridge asked about it but not BBC.

On Twitter I now find an update from Deputy Chairman of Conservative Party / GB News presenter

As this continues it is clear there is a trolling operation with journalists as the target. Only GB News Mail Sun Telegraph Express are accepted as allowed to join the photo trip. Have I got this wrong ? If ITN or Channel 4 were invited please let me know. I am basing this on recent tweets. BBC managed to get accreditation for a local reporter but were not on the plane.

So as far as I can tell this is not a story apart from one question from Sky News and a speech from Ed Davey that was not reported in print. Again, links or clues welcome.

This is alarming. This blog has been mostly about Brexit but the same concerns continue with related issues. European Courts now have the role of an enemy to be blamed for UK policy failures. "Annoying the right people" means lawyers and journalists. "GB" news is actually funded and close to USA polarised opinion. ( By the way if it is worth losing billions to get Trump back on Twitter the losses in tens of millions may be sustainable ) .

Maybe this sort of trolling should be ignored. But then it looks as if the BBC is happy to be excluded and then continue to repeat lines from #No10Sources anyway. Is there any point at which they do public in self defence ? Guardian may explain what they think is happening with media.

The actual numbers on immigration are not well reported. the PM pledge is just "to stop the boats" . The evidence for energy appears to be the numbers of people upset. Where is this heading?

Fleet Street may diverge from Conservatives

It seems possible that Mail / Sun / Telegrpah / Express may have a different take on Commons Lies investigation to the Conservative Party. By "Fleet Street" I often mean just the Brexit supporting papers. Recently it is possible that Conservative Party with Sunak will take a more "sensible" approach than Johnson and Truss era. But several newspapers are too invested in Brexit and #ShapeShiftingCreep.

Last week Johnson was not in the commons for debate on NI agreement. But a speech later in the week made the Express front page. Rishi Deal will NOT take back control.  The Mail went direst to claiming Partygate as a Labour plot, Express followed the next day.

So my tweets have claimed that Fleet Street no longer regards #BoJoFanClub as a way to sell papers. They may have gone back to BORIS on front page as a way to protect him.  The Sunday Times seems less interested in danger for the former PM, he is still seen as possibly challenging Rishi. But the Observer claims there are Conservative MPs who see the latest attack on Sue Gray and Commons procedure as just more lies and a problem for Conservative reputation. 

Some of the #BoJoFanClub will continue. Andrew Rawnsley ( Observer p37 ) mentions Jacob Rees Mogg and Nadine Dorries with a quote about a plot to bring down "Brexit supporting Boris Johnson " . This could be why the threat to #LiarJohnson is a concern for newspapers. If there was "misinformation" around Partygate will anyone have a closer look at #Brexit ?

Dorries and Rees Mogg both have shows on telly - Talk and GB. Also on telly several journalists who used to be in print before the circulation declines. They also may stick with the #BoJoFanClub . It may be a minority of newspapers looking for a "sensible" Rishi option. But #No10Sources as it is now will try for something. Plenty to look out for over the next few weeks.

#BBC also reluctant to look back on how #Brexit was reported. Just a guess. #BBCLauraK asking questions close to Mail front page, credibility of Sue Gray report. Possibly there will be questions for #BoJoFanClub in future.