It is on the big set piece occasions you can rely on the BBC…..to go overboard with a lot spin, hot air and very little substance. I will comment later on Nick Robinson’s having finally lost the plot. Hopefully he will have had a lie down before he is sick.
The Pontrieux Report is drawn to a “Magazine” article on the BBC news website “How does a prime minister leave the job?”
For the benefit of any students foolish enough to cite this article in any coursework, I offer some corrections;
“Some PMs have dined with the Queen on their last night in office, but it is thought Mr Blair will not be doing this.”
Presumably only those who have known that it was their last night in office. Most PMs have departed as the result of a General Election, so their last night in office was probably spent in their constituency.
“From there he will be carried in the limousine for the last time to Buckingham Palace to see the Queen to resign his post and hand back the seals of office.”
No seals of office changed hands.
“He then leaves the palace in a different car, not the prime ministerial limousine.”
Well it may not the “prime ministerial limousine”, but it looked like the very same car to me.
“As soon as he has left, Mr Brown and his wife, Sarah, will be summoned to the palace to be invited by her majesty to form the next government.”
Actually only Mr Brown was invited to form a government.
“He will be presented with the seals of office.”
No he wasn’t.
“Afterwards the couple return to Downing Street in the limousine left behind by Mr Blair.
Mr Blair didn’t live a limousine behind.
Good old BBC, it’s the way they’re funded you know.
