[Keith]

I wonder if it was wise from the BBC to put Laura as the presenter of Election Night.
Feelings will inevitably be quite high, and for better or for worse she's not built the best reputation which will then reflect in the public's opinion of the BBC's reporting of the election as a whole.

I seem to recall Private Eye eluding to this being part of the reason for Clive co-presenting the coverage. They also suggested that Laura was kept as presenter for the general election, as to drop her a few months after her covering the local elections would be seen as a massive snub. Audiences also don't have the same level of perceived political bias with Clive.

Mishal Husain and Nick Robinson have really been the stars of the BBC's election coverage for me and I do hope especially Mishal gets used a lot more.

They both seem to have been widely praised (or at least not widely criticised) for the election TV output that they've been involved with.

I'm guessing the timing of this election has been a factor in the presenters used. As an autumn GE was predicted I imagine some staff had booked holidays for June/July, making them unavailable unless they were able to hastily reschedule their leave. I also think the suspension and then departure of Huw left a gap in the BBC's plans, particularly as he didn't officially leave until April.