20-10-2023, 04:09 PM
(19-10-2023, 09:06 PM)Newshound47 Wrote: It must be quite unusual to announce a retirement but not be able to formally set a date. The election could be anytime until January 2025.
Although it’s not that unusual for someone to announce they’re leaving/retiring ‘next year’ or ‘in the new year’, which can be similarly vague periods. I suspect, if anything, they considered the timing beneficial because it would have appeared inescapably negative if she’d announced it after cuts were formally made. It also suggests a stability for Newsnight at least until the next election.