News Coverage UK Prime Minister & Government Resignations

[XIII]

It does seem excessive to run coverage until 4pm.

I assume the BBC will just have coverage until 1.30pm and switch to Wimbledon.

[Markymark]

Is it not broadly agreed with the networks what time the statement will be?

That would be a case of the tail wagging the dog

[JamesWorldNews]

Huw Edwards has been activated.

[Inspector Sands]

Is there some kind of No. 10 door pool feed - as far as I can tell the BBC's (front on) shot and the shot on C4 News' live stream are the same - the reflections and perspective line up at least?

Yes it is I think the broadcasters take it in turns, I know the locked off shot of the door on Tuesday night was done by Sky. They, the BBC and ITN have connectivity in the street and inside

[Johnr]

Is it not broadly agreed with the networks what time the statement will be?

That would be a case of the tail wagging the dog

I'm guessing the statement is a bit up in the air at the minute whilst they try to decide if Boris is allowed to carry on as PM or if they're going to bring in the caretakers!

[James2001]

Huw Edwards has been activated.

The Huwbot? The successor to the Dimblebot.

[QuinnTFP]

A flurry of post press amendment emails later and it does look as though ITV's running the news right up to Tipping Point at 4pm...

And in true ITV tradition the guide on their site is showing 1.28pm - 4pm as the world's longest regional weather forecast

[Larry the Loafer]

Huw Edwards has been activated.

Hey Huwgle...

Sorry

[thegeek]

Is it not broadly agreed with the networks what time the statement will be?

That would be a case of the tail wagging the dog

Well there was that time that Gordon Brown waited until a news special had interrupted The One Show before coming out to make his resignation speech...

https://tvforum.uk/forums/post662628#post-662628

[Andrew]

It does seem excessive to run coverage until 4pm.

I assume the BBC will just have coverage until 1.30pm and switch to Wimbledon.

It’s only Mens doubles scheduled for BBC Two so they could probably bump that to the iPlayer, with the Ladies singles semis moved to BBC Two

[thegeek]

Steve Bray has his loudspeaker back, and appears to have been taking requests from Hugh Grant.

https://twitter.com/scottygb/status/1544993157745721344

[Roger Darthwell]

Small technical hiccup on BBC News right now

[scottishtv]

Small technical hiccup on BBC News right now

Indeed, we got a few moments of interlude from Lewis Vaughan Jones on standby in Studio E. On Twitter, he also gave us a peek at his view of the desk:

https://twitter.com/LVaughanJones/status...7829909506

[mediamonkeyuk]

Speculation mounting once more of a potential general election. Confirmed that Kier Starmer will table vote of no confidence if Boris stays on as caretaker. A win for Labour and the opposition in that event would force a general election by default. Another theory doing the rounds that Boris is creating a cabinet of loyalists in the hope he can ride it out through the summer recess and let the heat come out of it before attempting to cling on to power once the dust settles. Extraordinary stuff.

[Andrew]

Steve Bray has his loudspeaker back, and appears to have been taking requests from Hugh Grant.

We are going to have Boris’s statement drowned out by silly music aren’t we?

Even on a day like today surely there needs to be a level of decorum