A word cloud of reasons

Another challenge: how to best communicate the reasons why each minister submitted their resignation to the PM. The BBC had it covered, by way of everyone’s favourite year 6 project: a word cloud. The larger the word, the more times it was mentioned. While integrity and privilege were mentioned, MPs’ ideas of “government” and “country” seemed to play a far bigger role in their resignations.

How many bacon puns can Piers Morgan make in 30 seconds?

Piers Morgan may have a global audience, but his focus has been on one man. Holding a real-life pig in his hands, Morgan argued that the “greased piglet of politics has slipped and squirmed through almost three disastrous years of disorder.” While, we emphasise, holding a real-life pig.

Live coverage of the locked-out cat

The BBC prides itself on providing “up-to-the-minute” coverage of major news, and they certainly did on Wednesday in London. Number 10’s poor resident feline, Larry the Cat, was locked out of the front door, and the waiting press pack wasted no time in asking the notoriously violent cat for an inside scoop.

Waiting for BoJo

TalkTV is normally known for its less-than-mainstream talking points. But there was no talking during its five-hour live stream of a single shot of the prime minister’s residence, waiting for Johnson to come out and address the media. He hasn’t – yet.

It doesn’t always go right

The number one rule of live television: be prepared for anything. Amid the chaos earlier in the day, BBC News accidentally switched to journalist Tim Willcox on his phone and with his feet up in the studio.

With the crisis continuing into the end of the week, we’re expecting more award-winning coverage of the most significant challenge to Johnson’s leadership yet.

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