Never mind the Tory defeats in the local elections, the big news on Friday morning was Huw Edwards and his breakfast croissant.
The BBC News host was up at the crack to present the early morning bulletin that was dominated by Labour and Lib Dems making gains in the local elections.
But things got derailed temporarily, by Huw’s pastry.
Wiping his lips, Huw told viewers: “I’m going to admit to you that I’ve just had a little bit of croissant and I’m just finishing it, I’m ashamed to say that but there you go… it’s um, twenty to six in the morning.”
Minutes later, things went decidedly Alan Partridge when Huw got political scientist Sir John Curtice, who was in a different part of the studio crunching the numbers from yesterday’s local elections, involved.
“I’m just wondering if Sir John Curtice has been helping himself to French patisserie this morning as he’s chomping through his data,” Huw said.
“I was just about to say Huw, whether you were going to send them up to us, they’ve certainly not reached here yet,” John replied.
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