Even though Robert Peston has only been in his new job as ITV’s political editor for little more than a week, he has already managed to slip-up. On top of experiencing difficulties getting into the ITV building, the former BBC economics editor — who Marr once described as a man ‘crippled by a sense of his own lack of self-worth’ — managed to refer to Liz Kendall as ‘Liz Corbyn’ during one of his first broadcast interviews.
However, should any of his former BBC colleagues struggle to take him seriously, they may now need to reconsider. With relations between Labour and the BBC at an all-time low over accusations of anti-Corbyn bias, ITV look set to cash in on their rival’s ongoing feud.
While the Beeb’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg is seen as a hate target by Corbynistas — with the director of communications Seumas Milne even referencing her work in a letter of complaint to the corporation — Peston has the makings of a Corbyn champion.
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