UK General Election

To be fair they wouldn't like it if someone was speculating about a Sky presenters health.

Welll this morning switched to broadcast this?

Eamonn and Ruth have said that they will go straight to the statement when it commences.

Theresa May just confirmed there will be a general election on 8 June.

Hearing May will announce General Election for June 8th - one source not confirmed

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) April 18, 2017

Stress one source not confirmed! 19 minutes to wait (not a good morning for a delayed tube, running to Number ten!)

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) April 18, 2017

Probably a good time to remind everyone (myself included) to keep discussion to presentation related and try to avoid the politics. The other check is are the presenters wearing black ties...

Damn, she's done it.

Nevermind, she'll win anyway.

Looks like World switched to NC to (I don't know who) a reporter outside No. 10 after what seemed like a minute of aerial footage of parliament.

Trouble editing but I think the BBC website may be crashing. I got the test card 404 page several times.

Just flicked over to see Krishnan on Channel 4 starting a news bulletin… someone tell him to get his watch fixed, he just greeted us with "good afternoon"!

Joanna Gosling did the same on BBC News.

Here's the BBC News Special opening.

Why is It these things always happen when ur out of the house being busy. 😄

I have funny feeling the stations will just reuse the 2015 packages. The onlyrabbit might be Stv...If it get a reband.

Good afternoon (morning?) to you too, Joanna Gosling.