It was the satirical show that poked fun at the inner workings of UK politics - but joke became reality during last night's election coverage . The Thick of Fans will remember the hilarious 2005 scene in which a group of backroom politicians fell apart when their fictional MP Nicola Murray stood in an awkward position on stage during a TV broadcast. As PR officers urged her to move into the centre to be more visible, she obscured part of Liam Bentley's name so it read 'I am bent'.
And last night, a similar gaffe occurred when an unknowing man on the rolling coverage positioned himself in front of the leaderboard - with unfortunate results. Standing in front of a list of candidates for Sunderland Central, viewers were in stitches when he obscured part of Conservative candidate Greg Peacock's name, with a similar outcome. For all the latest election news follow The Mirror's live blog.
"That's beautiful," commented one fan on X, while another added, "perfection". It comes as the country is waking up to a new ear of leadership after Keir Starmer led the Labour party to a landslide victory. In the early hours of Friday morning, the Labour leader addressed party supporters in the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, telling them: "We did it.
" He spoke less than a mile from the South Bank, where in 1997 Tony Blair told his own victory rally that "a new dawn has broken". At 5am on Friday, just after results confirmed Labour had secured the 326 seats needed for a majority, Sir Keir once agai.
