There's no point meeting somebody with a meat cleaver the moment they open their mouth - because they're going to clam up, you're going to have lost your impact and the audience is going to hate you for not allowing anyone to say anything.

There are those moments when you know that you are up against a tricky customer who is not being forthright with the truth, and there is no way you're going to let them off the hook.

I certainly don't want to be part of a media that forces confessions from people who are not going to behave any differently the next time round.

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