Joy

BBC News Global Boss Jonathan Munro may be using poetry to persuade David Lammy and the Foreign Office to cough up at least £365m a year from March 2025. That's his ambition, as the Government considers its Autumn statement. 

I say 'poetry' cos Jonny is already using some pretty florid language in first-day-emails to his new "World" flock. He has grand intentions to grow audiences, which have at the very least plateaued... 

"At the heart of that will be our impartial journalism - pursuing truth and enriching knowledge. As ever, we will often go to places where we are not welcome. We will ask questions of those in authority. We will explain why events matter, and use our specialist knowledge to frame the context of the stories we report. We will puncture myths, bring clarity to areas of confusion, disinfect disinformation. We will focus not just on war, politics and tragedy (important though they can be), but also on human achievement, enterprise and joy. "