FINE journalist that he is, Andrew Marr kept his scoop under wraps until he was ready to deliver it.
Regular viewers of The Andrew Marr Show were surprised last Sunday at his sudden replacement by Today presenter Nick Robinson. Yesterday the Scots broadcaster revealed the reason for his absence.
“I had a bit of Covid last week, despite being double jabbed, and very nasty it was too,” he said.
Marr’s revelation turned out to be the biggest talking point from the Sunday political programmes. For that, production teams can blame Matt Hancock. While it was doubtless not the former Health Secretary’s first consideration, his Saturday evening resignation on Twitter left the Sunday politics shows with a headache.