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BBC reporter drops C-Bomb during coverage of general election

Published 15:23 9 Jun 2017 BST

Darragh Murphy
BBC reporter drops C-Bomb during coverage of general election

Homenews

It was a crazy night.

For those of us following along with the dramatic general election exit poll results on television and social media, it was exhausting enough coming to terms with the tornado of emotions that accompanied news that Theresa May's call for a snap election blew up in her face. But having to cover the shock results live on air would take anybody off their game, given the chaotic nature of the news. So we can't really hold it against BBC News political editor Laura Kuenssberg's slip of the tongue when she discussed the possibility of a recount in Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron’s constituency. https://twitter.com/PriyeshKRanmal/status/872997325244948481 C-bombs are not often heard on the Beeb but if ever there was an evening for it, it was Thursday. "Tim Farron the current party leader is facing potential defeat," Kuenssberg said. "There’s chatter there about a recunt." Now we don't know how likely a recunt is, or even what a recunt is but it inspired quite a popular hashtag as the wee hours of Friday morning arrived. https://twitter.com/PhoebeWedding/status/872995576635379717 https://twitter.com/jackryeo/status/872996574640705536 https://twitter.com/revmickeyfinn/status/872996242778882048 https://twitter.com/queenbert99/status/872996276849082368 https://twitter.com/andiabz/status/872996565086085120 https://twitter.com/patrkfish/status/872996097018482693 https://twitter.com/JamesMOMB/status/872997417335042048 https://twitter.com/GeorgeWeightman/status/872996221429874690

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BBC reporter drops C-Bomb during coverage of general election