After weeks of speculation over who will be the BBC’s next political editor, a senior BBC employee today announced on Twitter that Laura Kuenssberg is to be Nick Robinson’s successor. However, just moments later the tweet was hastily deleted. Happily, the Mail’s John Stevens managed to screen grab it before it disappeared:
The tweet that mysteriously vanished pic.twitter.com/FJnyHRq9uI
— John Stevens (@johnestevens) July 22, 2015
While the BBC are declining to comment at this time on whether Laura, who is currently Newsnight‘s chief correspondent, is the new political editor, others have been quick to offer their congratulations:
https://twitter.com/alstewitn/status/623864313917362176
Congrats to @bbclaurak (if reported tweet is true) on taking over from @bbcnickrobinson as @BBCNews political editor. pic.twitter.com/9IJZG8jj9B
— alexhuds (@alexhuds) July 22, 2015
Looks like @bbclaurak
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