after the statement itself, angela rowley e—mailed as follows.hursday was european election day, when political reporting is always rather strange affair, with coverage limited, as the bbc guidelines put it to uncontroversial factual accounts, such as the appearance of politicians at polling stations or the weather. that is because all broadcasters have to follow strict laws set out by the regulator which governed the output to avoid any suggestions that might influence the outcome of the election. those restrictions were put to considerable test when the night before uk voters went to the polls, the leader of the house of commons andrea leadsom resigned from the cabinet, prompting renewed speculation about the prime minister's future and the rules governing reporting stay in place until sunday evening when the rest of the european union finishes voting. the dilemma was summed up by a tweet from the former head of the bbc newsroom. we asked bbc news how it was approaching its political coverage in the light of those rules and the current politica

after the statement itself, angela rowley e—mailed as follows.day, when political reporting is always rather strange affair, with coverage limited, as the bbc guidelines put it to uncontroversial factual accounts, such as the appearance of politicians at polling stations or the weather.

after the statement itself, angela rowley e—mailed as follows...ut it, "to uncontroversial factual accounts, such as the appearance of politicians at polling stations or the weather." that is because all broadcasters have to follow strict laws set out by the regulator, ofcom, which govern their output to avoid any suggestions that might influence the outcome of the election. those restrictions were put to considerable test this week when, the night before uk voters went to the polls to elect members of the european parliament, the leader of the house of commons andrea leadsom resigned from the cabinet, prompting renewed speculation about the prime minister's future and the rules governing political reporting stay in place until sunday evening when the rest of the european union finishes voting. the dilemma was summed up by a tweet on wednesday from a former head of the bbc newsroom, peter horrocks... we asked bbc news how it was approaching its political coverage, in the light of those rules and the current political turmoil, and they told us... of