space already there. They took James Cusick's press pass from him, accusing Open Democracy of being a campaign group (Cusick has been an established political journalist for decades). They refused to answer questions from The Mirror and The Guardian about the Cummings affair. Reporters Without Borders expressed concerns as to the erosion of press freedom during the pandemic. They dodged the Today Programme for months. They refused to send ministers to established TV news programmes. The Council of Europe issued a Level 2 'media freedom alert' warning last September. There was a media walkout when 7 journalists were given preferential access to briefings on the EU trade deal negotiations by Lee Cain. Johnson met criticism of his dodging of an Andrew Neil interview with a threat to scrap the licence fee. His party threatened to review Channel 4's remit when filled the absent Johnson's place with an ice sculpture. Priti Patel rejected a public interest defence under the Official Secrets Act. I could go on. Like I said earlier, they are a wrecking crew, tearing up the rules to retain power.