Paul showed no indication that his position had changed since last week's extended floor speech – not officially a filibuster – and that he would do whatever it took to block the Patriot Act's renewal.
Renewal of the expiring Patriot Act powers would come through the USA Freedom Act, a House-passed bill that extends their lifespan in exchange for killing the bulk US phone records surveillance exposed in 2013 by the Guardian, thanks to whistleblower Edward Snowden.
"It's got nothing to do with this government, which has acted very properly in terms of saying charter renewal would start after the election," Purnell told the Royal Television Society London conference on Tuesday.
Adam Crozier, the ITV chief executive, has identified a "creative renewal" of in-house content business ITV Studios, which makes shows such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Channel 4's Come Dine With Me, as critical to delivering his five-year transformation plan and reducing the broadcaster's dependence on advertising revenue.
The pair are in a strong position going into negotiations, Saturday Night Takeaway and I'm a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here both continue to perform strongly, and a renewal is expected to be a much more straighforward process.
The decision to scrap the Manchester mega-casino, accompanied by the promise to find better ways of regenerating our decaying inner cities, was a clear rejection of the market economy as the solution to all the problems of growth and renewal.
In particularly he is involved in developing affordable housing models and urban renewal.
In a separate statement, he said: "The events over the Christmas period highlighted the unacceptable impact on the travelling public when plans go wrong … We have an obligation to manage the essential safety maintenance and renewal activity that is required and we need to do this in a manner that minimises the overall impact on society at large.
As well as an economic renewal, there is a need for a great social renewal, and I think that side of Conservatism needs a boost.
As the England side ossified in the way that all great teams do unless they pull off the rare trick of renewal from within – see the All Blacks or Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United sides for rare examples – so the ECB seemed to become warped out of shape.
Next up is Paradise Blue, about jazz musicians in 1949 whose thriving artistic neighbourhood is about to be paved over as part of urban renewal, and the third, Skeleton Crew, focuses on car workers in the last exporting factory in the city.
