It was pretty poor, but the interviewer wasn't great. He didn't know the childcare figures off the top of his head and wasn't able to cover it gracefully while he checked the answer - he seemed to think that if he said nothing, she'd go away. Silence doesn't work on radio ...
It got a bit better for him, but she was badgering him on long term care costs and on Labour's record on electing women, and not giving him space to finish his answers. He seemed to cope a bit better with that.
It was pretty poor, but the interviewer wasn't great. He didn't know the childcare figures off the top of his head and wasn't able to cover it gracefully while he checked the answer - he seemed to think that if he said nothing, she'd go away. Silence doesn't work on radio ...
It got a bit better for him, but she was badgering him on long term care costs and on Labour's record on electing women, and not giving him space to finish his answers. He seemed to cope a bit better with that.