[Newsroom]

Has anyone ever asked what benefit there is to Channel 4 News that it comes from both Leeds and London? I've been watching recently and can't quite fathom the benefits.

Regardless of the fact that C4's HQ is in Leeds, which the average viewer couldn't give two shoots about - what is the point?

The short answer is politics.

The longer answer is it was an attempt to prevent the government from putting it up for sale, by claiming coming partly from Leeds was in line with the government's leveling up agenda.

Reality is it's essentially a fairly pointless, but presumably expensive gimmick.

Among other things I think it was seeing Cathy Newman bouncing between studios that promoted me to ask the question. 

Also I don't think it's that often we see that many guests in the Leeds studio. 

And let's not forget the health/strike special just recently that was live in Leeds yet was utterly pointless. One key guest was down the line from Grays Inn Road and the other travelled from London to Leeds for the programme. 

Nonsensical.