11. Dame Caroline Dinenage MP - Global scrutiny in the face of Donald Trump threats

Dame Caroline Dineage is an entrepreneur and the Conservative MP for Gosport.Dame Caroline has served in a a variety of departments since being elected in 2010 including the DWP, Department of Justice, Department of Health and Social Care and Deptarment of Education.She currently is the chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee and last year, found herself at the centre of the row between US President Donald Trump and the BBC over an edited clip of Trump from 2021.As chair, Dame Caroline was tasked with scrutinising the actions of the BBC and delivering the committee's findings in which she recognised the need for the BBC to change after a series of high-profile scandals cost the Director General his job.In this episode, Dame Caroline reflects on the pressure of finding yourself at the centre of a global story, her fears for online safety and the use of AI to produce sexually explicit images of women and children as well as the importance of business experience in government. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.