Wrong decision
- 27 Jun 07, 08:17 PM
Sometimes bad mistakes happen on the worst possible day. And that's exactly what happened this afternoon.
I saw it myself: I was watching coverage of the absolutely riveting final PMQs (you can watch it in full here, or download highlights ) with Tony Blair on The Daily Politics when it suddenly cut away in the middle of his valedictory statement to a couple of trails and the tennis.
As a consequence, we only learned later that we had missed Mr Blair talking about his fear of the House of Commons, and a unique moment when both sides of the House gave him a standing ovation. A lot of you were taken aback and upset by the switch - and certainly Andrew Neil and the production team were deeply disappointed not to share this with you after the care and passion they put into the programme on such a special day.
After looking into this, I can at least reassure you that this was cock up rather than conspiracy. A wrong scheduling decision was taken for which the 91热爆 can only apologise. Believe me, no one involved would have wanted you to miss any part of this important event. Thankfully, News 24 was also covering PMQs live so we hope viewers were able to switch there.
Helen Boaden is director, 91热爆 News
