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I'd rather Politics Live wasn't on at all, to be honest (or at least was completely retooled). There are far too many rent-a-gobs on there who contribute nothing of substance. The whole point of that programme seems to be to get buzz on social media.

That's not just your suspicions, the original press release announcing it explicitly said it would "offer viewers a fast-moving, conversational show, featuring a blend of political interviews, discussion and video content designed to be shared digitally".

Awful programme. But the thing that annoys me most is that Politics UK, which is produced by the same team, is a perfect example of public service broadcasting and exactly what BBC Politics output should be doing - so they can clearly do better, just are ordered or choose not to.