[Brekkie]

I could actually see a permanent host not being announced until January

Realistically you couldn’t trial people in the summer and then get one of them to start permanently at the start of September

Unless they’ve already got some names in the frame and they aren’t going to trial people

They'll be names in the frame.   They've 3 and a half months - that should be plenty of time to recruit for a position.  A month to advertise the position, a month to screen test and then a month's notice to start.

The Tories hired two new PMs in that time frame last year, so one host of a daytime TV show shouldn't take longer - and if at first they don't succeed just try again.