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Laura was a fantastic political editor, no doubt about it.

Not sure there are no doubts about it.

Indeed, many would view her and Peston's tenure as the two most senior political journalists in the country as something of a nadir in political coverage, owing to the fact neither seem to have much interest in politics beyond 'who's in, who's out' gossip, with very little interest in policy; though, to be fair, this is also a Lobby-wide issue. Additionally, both have a tendency to just uncritically repeat stuff - particularly on Twitter - that they've received from sources, without assessing whether that information is true.

The role Kuenssberg was suited to was when she was the News channel's Chief Political Correspondent - i.e., giving a running commentary of what is going in Westminster throughout the day. I can't say I rated her as political editor and her interviewing style lacks depth, responsiveness and doesn't really challenge.