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I think Kirsty Young is a brilliant shout.

I know election night isn’t what it was, but Dimbleby doing it - someone who appeared weekly at most for QT most of the time - made it an event, an occasion, in the way Huw doing it just didn’t really.

Kirsty has proved in these past few years she is an incredible broadcaster, she anchored 9/11 breaking news like the consumate pro she is, and has warmth but sharp questioning when needed (Desert Island Discs proved that).

I know her health needs protecting, but if I were BBC bosses I’d be taking all the ‘Dimbleby roles’ and giving them to her rather than as they had been doing splitting them between her and Huw.

I could quite easily see Kirsty taking over the royal side of duties, having quite quickly cemented  herself in that role over the last 18 months with the Platinum Jubilee, Queen's funeral and the coronation all occurring in quick succession. 

I would imagine that when Dimbleby finally steps away from doing Remembrance Sunday, it'll probably go to Kirsty or Huw.

It'll be interesting to see what happens for the King's Speech, which is reportedly coming up in November