Looks like May might (finally) be about to go in the very near future. Most political reporters seem to think she’s finished. Rumours of a statement this evening, but it could easily be a ‘nothing has changed’ speech.
As Sky’s Lewis Goodall pointed out, the EU Elections tomorrow will be an interesting one as political reporting is restricted whilst the polls are open.
Well tomorrow's going to be interesting if she does go tonight and we can't talk about the aftermath til 10:00pm tomorrow night due to the rules about reporting during an election.
Looks like nothing will be happening tonight and probably not tomorrow. Based on this tweet from Beth Rigby, any action will be on Friday.
BREAK: hear the PM will meet Sir Graham on Friday. Source says if no resignation by then... (I’ll fill in the dots, they’ll force the vote and have her out)
Looks like May might (finally) be about to go in the very near future. Most political reporters seem to think she’s finished. Rumours of a statement this evening, but it could easily be a ‘nothing has changed’ speech.
As Sky’s Lewis Goodall pointed out, the EU Elections tomorrow will be an interesting one as political reporting is restricted whilst the polls are open.
Well tomorrow's going to be interesting if she does go tonight and we can't talk about the aftermath til 10:00pm tomorrow night due to the rules about reporting during an election.
They can report, just not link it back to the election in anyway.
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On point two, we have been seeking advice from Ofcom.
If the PM and her team think tomorrow is a no politics day because of broadcast rules, they are wrong.
We can cover major political events. We just can’t tie them into the impact they will have on the elections.
Even if the PM was to resign tonight doesn't she carry on in a caretaker capacity whilst the leadership election is sorted? Or does she go straight away & David Lidington takes over temporarily?
Even if the PM was to resign tonight doesn't she carry on in a caretaker capacity whilst the leadership election is sorted? Or does she go straight away & David Lidington takes over temporarily?
The convention is that they stay on in a caretaker capacity, but as far as I know, there's no reason why she wouldn't decide to go immediately, and have her deputy take over as a caretaker PM.
Even if the PM was to resign tonight doesn't she carry on in a caretaker capacity whilst the leadership election is sorted? Or does she go straight away & David Lidington takes over temporarily?
I think she could go immediately if she wanted to, but with Trump’s state visit coming up I think she would wait until a new leader was chosen. I can’t imagine Trump wanting to be received by a caretaker PM he hasn’t heard of!
I don’t know how long a full Tory leadership election takes place, but I guess it would be around a couple of months? So we’d probably be looking at a new PM when MPs return from summer recess.
Even if the PM was to resign tonight doesn't she carry on in a caretaker capacity whilst the leadership election is sorted? Or does she go straight away & David Lidington takes over temporarily?
I think she could go immediately if she wanted to, but with Trump’s state visit coming up I think she would wait until a new leader was chosen.
If I was her, that’s one reason I’d want to go immediately.
Meanwhile, back in Blighty, how is all of this being covered on the News Channels and Mains? Is College Green once again a hive of activity?
On BBC World, Karin Giannone is anchoring LIVE from Delhi for the India elections. I’d imagine the UK story is starting to surpass even that!
The UK story will be resolutely silent until 2200 BST as the polls have opened for European Elections. Today's news will be anything non political so India's elections could certainly see some coverage. Today's the sort of day when packages that are more likely to get dropped on a normal day have a much lower chance of being dropped.