Arguably the best thing about this are the BBC staffers marching past without batting an eyelid.
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UK news has gone slightly nutty now Jeremy Paxman has left Newsnight. Watch his rival big beast at Channel 4 News apparently improvise a song about his departure. It includes a harmonica.