While the UK grapples with political turmoil, the BBC has created its own subplot: a staff revolt over helicopter coverage of Andy Burnham's train journey to London.
According to Deadline, insiders at the corporation are unhappy about the decision to broadcast aerial footage of Burnham's journey on a regular train. The corporation used a helicopter to film a man on public transport during a major political moment.
BBC staff are not holding back about the timing. While the country's likely new prime minister is making headlines, the corporation deployed a helicopter to capture footage of him taking public transport like any other person.
The production values are expensive. The footage is mundane. Burnham sits on a train. A helicopter filmed it.
The BBC, a publicly-funded broadcaster, threw resources at capturing a man on a train while staff behind the scenes are reportedly angry at the editorial decision. The newsroom reaction is easy to imagine: significant resources spent on helicopter shots of someone looking out a window.
Whether this becomes a bigger story than the actual political news remains unclear. For now, the BBC's own workers have handed the internet a case study in British absurdity.
