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Newsnight's Tory conference meltdown

After Theresa May’s leader’s speech fell victim to pranks, health issues and technical glitches, the Prime Minister has received a rough ride in the media. Last night’s episode of Newsnight was no exception – the programme promised to ‘make sense’ of the ‘hitches’ in May’s speech:

https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/915679701137575936

Alas Newsnight producers soon discovered that they weren’t immune to technical glitches themselves. There were several hitches in the cutaway packages – with Theresa May even labelled as ‘Jeremy Corbyn’ at one point:

Happily, viewers were on hand to remind producers of the irony:

https://twitter.com/Tom_Hamer7/status/915695969689317376

https://twitter.com/huwthomas_Wales/status/915700589866180608

https://twitter.com/My6Percent/status/915824066870808576

https://twitter.com/Jane_Samuels/status/915699970480762885

https://twitter.com/carlsenesque/status/915709678608363520

https://twitter.com/JohnBroadfoot/status/915705185820987393

Don’t they know not to throw stones from glass houses?

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