Rolling

Tricky times for our fledgling news channels. At GB News, political correspondent Tom Harwood seemed to have been supplied with a supply of bizarre distraction stories - Sue Gray, pre-pandemic, decorously singing karaoke, and allegations of a Downing St party while Boris Johnson was in hospital - and has spent time since the result demanding a more Conservative government. At TalkTV, rolling news instincts took over in the evening, with Adam Boulton a constant presence. Piers Morgan ran for two hours, sustained by groovy Vince Cable, Ann Widdecombe and Anna Soubry.  

BBC News, the soon-to-be-spavined, not-long-for-HD, domestic 24 hour channel, had a grand day, with a long shift by Victoria Derbyshire, followed by the excellent Ros Atkins and Christian Fraser. The BBC's political correspondents, apart from those saddled with dangerous out-of-London vox pops, were straightforward and confident all day and night. 12.5m used it over April.  Why break its legs ?