Newsnight

Ugh, again I fully agree with what was said, and the term "colonial oppressor", and yet I can fully imagine that people who don't will see it as being another example of opinionated language. It's undoubtedly a term coined and used by the left.

All colonialism is oppression. The purpose of colonialism is extraction, for example wealth or territory, and that is incompatible with liberation. For those reasons, the eradication of colonialism is one of the core, original missions of the UN.

Newsnight airing at 7pm on Friday with Kirsty Wark due to Glastonbury coverage from 8.30pm.

That's a little extraordinary considering all the Glastonbury stuff is rehashed old material, I presume that the editing is such that it'll be continuous. It's going to cause a little bit of consternation nevertheless.

I assume from Scotland then as a 4 minute turnaround in E to Newsnight colours, curtain, newsroom colours, interview time’s and rehearsal won’t exactly be easy.

I'd assume from Glasgow but if not surely they could clear E from 6.30-7 and relocate just as they do with The Papers now.

No easy way to clear E between 6:30-7 as world needs C and London D for programmes that aren't appropriate for NC broadcast (and which cannot be cut) .

Although an extended Sportsday would do the job I suppose, or they could shift onto the weather balcony. Probably not an issue anyway as almost certain to be in Glasgow I'd have thought.

If it is coming from Glasgow will they the gallery for studio A for Newsnight?

What was it that Emily was pressing under the desk at the intro to tonight’s programme just before the titles ran?

Hmm... autocue operator? Panic button?

It’s a set of controls for the earpiece feed. Presenters can choose to switch between open and switched talkback and can control the relative levels of talkback and mixes from the sound desk.