19-06-2023, 10:16 PM
I was reading the live blog on the Commons vote on the BBC News website earlier, and happened to see the live feed switch seamlessly from the BBC News Channel to BBC Parliament coverage. One thing that jumped out immediately when switching between the two feeds was going from a big breaking news strap on the news channel that said something like ‘MPs debate partygate report’ to considered, two-line straps summarising what the debate was about and (I think) giving quotes from key speakers as they went along on the BBC Parliament feed. Considering BBC Parliament operates on a budget of around 25 pence, I was surprised at how bits of their coverage ended up superior to what was going out on the news channel feed (although on the whole the coverage from Westminster this evening has been very good).