O tempora

The relationship between the BBC and the Government will be very different from Tuesday.

The next UK Prime Minister re-branded Auntie the "Brexit-Bashing Corporation" on 30th June. As Boris Johnson's campaign for the Conservative party leadership developed, he dropped early attempts at gravitas, consistency and clarity, and now seems ready to giggle his way through difficult interviews (cf Andrew Neil) as if he were back at Eton applying for Balliol. As Prime Minister, he can from this week, like predecessors, choose his media appearances to suit himself.  And it's a reasonable guess he'll be concentrating his efforts on gags for PMsQs, whilst a Johnson Cabinet sallies forth on the boring stuff like 'policy'.

So, over at Today, we have a show run by Sarah Sands, who jumped into the lake at Chevening with fellow guests at Bojo's birthday party when he was Foreign Secretary. Since the referendum, the programme has had some testy exchanges with ERG members who will not forget their treatment. The exception is likely to be failed Brexit Secretary David Davis, who spookily always seemed to turn up in John Humphrys' bit of the running order.

At Newsnight, will Emily Maitlis be as fearless as before with a resurgent Liz Truss and others? Will she remain BBC News' hostess of choice for big political events ?

At Editorial Policy, the current opinion polls need fast action to re-define the balance of political appearances, if only in readiness for a snap election. After weeks of 'blue on blue' debate, who are current affairs producers going to define as "The Opposition" to BoJo's strategems ?

Higher up the tree, what next for Editorial Director Kamal Ahmed, who in 2018, briefed his fellow BBC hacks that Brexit, at the very least, would be 'a bit rubbish'. Mr Ahmed, tipped to give Lord Hall his first Board level BAME member in 2020, will need the full length of his backbone in the months ahead.