Laura Kuenssberg described how Conservative lawmakers celebrated the death of Boris Johnson at a party following her resignation, calling the vote “very wild and very strange”.
In a new interview with British Vogue, the 46-year-old broadcaster talked about how the Conservatives celebrated Johnson’s resignation at The Spectator’s summer party, ahead of the launch of his new flagship BBC political program with Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday next week. planning new roles for themselves.
He told the broadcast that the news of the Prime Minister’s departure created an atmosphere like this: “It’s so hot, so wild and so weird. It was like being in a tropical jungle, not just because of the heat, but because they had killed the beast that had dragged them for so long.’
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On September 4, the BBC’s new Sunday political program will air with Laura Kuenssberg. The 46-year-old broadcaster revealed in a new interview with British Vogue the flagship show’s ambitions to answer “big questions” as the country resists the current cost of living crisis (pictured for British Vogue on Broadcasting House).
He joined lawmakers at The Spectator’s summer party after the news, including Matt Hancock, the former health secretary at the center, saying that “the next generation sniffed and was trying to forge new alliances.”
Those with political ambitions were quickly swirling in circles, Kuenssberg said, and “the next generation was sneaking around trying to forge new alliances and reap the juiciest and juiciest fruit for themselves.”
The former BBC political editor, who announced seven years later that he would step down in December 2021, will take over on 4 September for the BBC’s reworked Sunday political programme, previously presented by Andrew Marr.
Talking about his time in his previous post, Westminster said positive steps have been taken towards ‘inappropriate behavior’ in recent years, although it does not always reflect everyday reality for people living in the UK.
Kuenssberg: “Really? [Westminster] perfect work environment? No way. Is it an accurate mirror of the country we live in? No way. But is it clearer now than when I started? Yes Is inappropriate behavior taken more seriously? Ditto.’
He said the current cost of living crisis means the program will ask big questions and it’s an “honour” to take on the new role.
“Right now people are like, ‘Why are my bills so high? Why is it so hard to get rid of it? How will it end in Ukraine? Are we safe as a country?”
“The people have big questions and demands from the political class: what needs to be done and what needs to be answered.”
Kuenssberg took over from Nick Robinson in 2015, becoming the first woman to serve as the BBC’s political editor, and announced her departure in December, seven years later.
The reporter also mentioned that he was the target of social media trolls in his previous post, refusing to be distracted by “detoxers” from being rude to public figures, saying it was all about “a very minor side effect”. It was ‘but that’s not the job’.
Kuenssberg took over from Nick Robinson in 2015, becoming the first woman to become BBC political editor. It covered a heated political period, including the Brexit referendum, two general elections and the Covid pandemic.
Paying a salary of over £250,000, the broadcaster endured turbulent times as the BBC’s political editor.
in 2020 criticized After defending Dominic Cummings over reports that he broke blocking rules.
30 minutes after the outbreak, Kuenssberg shared a rebuttal from an anonymous source stating that the 260-mile journey from the then London Prime Minister to his family’s home in Durham is “a year”. [the] instructions’.
Commenting on the Daily Mirror reporter who unearthed the news, Kuenssberg tweeted: “The source says Cummings’ trip was legal as he went to stay with his family so they could help with care. As a child he and his wife were sick – they insist. The blockade will not be violated.”
His response was immediately met with a chorus of condemnation from union trolls, with some accusing him of being a “government spokesperson” and a “Tory thug”.
He had to be protected by guards after being mistreated for reporting Jeremy Corbyn at the Labor Party conference in 2017. Critics said he was not impartial and treated the former Labor leader unfairly.
Kuenssberg sparked controversy last year after a lawsuit was filed against him for using the phrase “nitty brave” when discussing Downing Street’s Brexit cast.
Anti-racist activists say the term comes from the slave trade and was banned from Sky Sports last year due to concern.
But the program leaders dismissed the complaint against Kuenssberg.
Check out the full story in the September issue of British Vogue, available for digital download and now on newsstands. Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg begins September 4 on BBC One.
Source: Daily Mail
