Laura Kuenssberg did her job. Leave her alone

This is an article about Twitter, so you might decide to ignore it. Social media is not real life, after all, and many sensible people dismiss it as meaningless noise: ‘it’s just Twitter’. But this article is also about the current state of politics and journalism, neither of which can – sadly – be discussed without reference to Twitter, so bear with me.

Twitter is, to use a technical term, going batshit about Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC political editor. This isn’t the first time, and I’m sure it won’t be the last, but that doesn’t mean it’s not deserving of comment.

Kuenssberg’s name is all over Twitter because of an incident at a London hospital that Boris Johnson visited today. There, he was approached by the father of a child being treated there. The man challenged the PM about NHS staffing levels and accused the PM of using the hospital for a ‘press opportunity’.