Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British journalist Laura Kuenssberg.
Last updated on December 20, 2024.
Laura Juliet Kuenssberg is a British journalist. She succeeded Nick Robinson as political editor at the BBC in July 2015, and was the first woman to hold the position. Kuenssberg stepped down as political editor on 6 May 2022, after reporting on the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. She had previously served as the BBC's chief political correspondent and was the first business editor of ITV News. She was also the chief correspondent for Newsnight between February 2014 and July 2015.
Human beings rarely do things for a binary reason.
Politics is a tough business.
We want people to watch and consume what we do, but we are not trying to sell anything. So that does give us a freedom in a way.
I don't read the comments people write about me - it's not worth it.
I think politics often seems remote, and anything we can do to show more of the workings - how you make the sausage - is useful.
The BBC should mirror the country.
Twitter is a really interesting, useful tool. In lots of ways, it's an exciting place to be. But it's also a megaphone for the kinds of things people used to shout at their telly - and now they send you a message.
What I was excited about was the opportunity for punters to be part of politics. The whole idea was to allow the voices of people outside this weirdo palace of Westminster to be heard. I thought the whole social media thing might be really positive.
I'm well rewarded for a job I massively enjoy doing. I think I'm paid very fairly.
It's worth knowing that there's very different sets of regulation for the print press and for broadcast media. They're different things, particularly during campaign periods.
I work long hours. I work very, very hard.
There's always that tension between policy and personality in politics, and as voters, we have that, too: we all vote on issues, but we also vote on whether we like the people who are put forward.
I would die in a ditch for the impartiality of the BBC.
Someone like Boris Johnson is reluctant to answer questions about ambition because then the story becomes all about his ambition. Sure, he's got ambition - that's no secret at all. But also, he's very strongly motivated to try to get the kind of Brexit he believes in.
People are deciding - if they don't like a particular point of view or a particular paper, it goes out of business.
Our political system seems to be proving itself almost incapable of dealing with what's been put before it. The decisions it is making, or fluffing, are so vital and yet are inevitably so compromised by the endless political calculations of all involved.
I'm not friends with politicians. I'm not people's mate.
Andrea Leadsom promises to publish tax return tomorrow if she gets on ballot - it's boring.
Andrea Leadsom flatly denies she has changed her CV.
Andrea Leadsom also denies any tax avoidance, says she 'shopped around' for a good deal and it was from a British bank that booked the biz in Jersey.