Political correspondent leaves newspaper after 18 years to assume on role after Stratton moved to ITV as national editorNewsnight has hired Guardian chief politics correspondent Nick Watt to replace Allegra Stratton as political editor of BBC2’s flagship nightly news programme. Watt joined the Guardian in 1998 and has previously served as European editor and then political editor of the Observer between 2007 and 2008. Before the Guardian he worked as Ireland correspondent and political correspondent at the Times. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com