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Leila Latif

Is the great white male TV anchor facing extinction? Can we save the species? Should we?

From left, Ed Balls, Tom Bradby and George Osborne presenting the Election 2019 Live TV show, 12 December 2019.
From left, Ed Balls, Tom Bradby and George Osborne presenting the Election 2019 Live TV show, 12 December 2019. Photograph: ITV/Shutterstock

Since the last general election, we have gone through three prime ministers, changed monarchs and seen a record number of scandal-fuelled resignations from the cabinet. But at least one thing will remain the same. Tom Bradby will be back to present ITV’s coverage of election night, joined once more by George Osborne and Ed Balls.

There is comfort in familiarity, but maybe not for Bradby and the like. Speaking to the Radio Times about the coverage, he suggested that perhaps, career-wise, he should be nervous as “there aren’t many white male anchors left”.

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