[DTV]

This is one of those things that is not really that unexpected - I think many assumed this is where we'd end up and, as with Keith, I suspect its temporary nature will turn out to be one of those things that gets quietly extended to cover the first few months of the new government, etc. Part of me has long wondered whether the bare bones approach of the last year was an attempt to see how much a minimal version would cost in practice, allowing them to see what they had room to reintroduce afterwards. Ultimately, the actual cost of eight hours of studio output is fairly cheap, it's the reporting that's expensive.

I'm sure there are many members delighted with this, but given the UK programme will almost certainly be overstuffed with pundit interviews, panel debates and live feeds - i.e., Politics Live 24 - I think I'll be giving it a swerve.