Wednesday 27 July 2022 11:18 AM TalkTV host Kate McCann is 'okay' after fainting live on air during Tory ... trends now
Friends of TalkTV presenter Kate McCann say she is 'okay' today after fainting live on air in front of a shocked Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak during last night's Tory leadership debates.
The spotlight has been firmly on the Westminster political correspondent since the dramatic incident, which brought the broadcast to a close.
Miss McCann, who left her role as political correspondent at Sky News to join TalkTV as its political editor in January, is a highly popular figure among Westminster journalists, and considered a 'rising star' in her industry.
The presenter, who is in her early thirties, graduated from Newcastle University in 2009 with a degree in Politics, and after a short stint as a parliamentary researcher joined the Guardian.
After short stints as a political correspondent at financial newspaper City AM and as a Whitehall correspondent at The Sun, she joined the Telegraph as one of its top political reporters.
Kate McCann is a highly popular figure among Westminster journalists, and considered a 'rising star' in her industry
Among her other achievements, Miss McCann was chair of the Press Gallery in 2018. She was only the second woman to hold the title in over 200 years.
Talking to Press Gazette about her move to talkTV earlier this year, Miss McCann said she was excited the network is able to 'rip up all the rules and start again'.
She added that her family motto, which felt appropriate for the new venture, is: 'Dare to be different.'
Discussing Miss McCann's appointment, Scott Taunton, CEO of News UK Broadcasting, said that the journalist was 'the perfect choice' to be its political editor'.
He added that she is 'one of the sharpest rising stars in the Lobby'.
Kate was highly commended at the Press Awards in 2017 for obtaining a copy of the Labour manifesto - the first time a party's manifesto had been leaked to a newspaper in its entirety.
Fellow journalists have sent their best wishes to Miss McCann following last night's incident - which happened as she was
