Laura Kuenssberg was all set to grill Boris Johnson in what was hyped to be a blockbuster sit-down—the first big interview since his  exit from Number 10. Trailers aired, excitement mounted, and the BBC spun it as the political clash of the season. Now it’s had to be unceremoniously pulled…

Laura accidentally sent her briefing notes— including all the questions and her interview strategy – straight to Johnson’s WhatsApp, instead of her production team. Unsurprisingly, the interview’s now been scrapped, with Kuenssberg sheepishly confirming on X: 

“It’s very frustrating, and there’s no point pretending it’s anything other than embarrassing and disappointing, as there are plenty of important questions to be asked. But red faces aside, honesty is the best policy.”

A source familiar with the events tells Guido:

“It was somewhat unexpected to receive the BBC’s questions prior to the interview. There was no way to continue after the questions had been shared – obviously in error – by Laura. I would not want to be a BBC bigwig this morning. I guess everyone will have to tune into GB News instead – no bad thing.”

A reminder that Laura makes £325,000 from her job at the BBC. Licence fee payers’ time and money well spent…