When Jeremy Paxman was asked recently for his favourite political interrogator (after himself of course), he came up with a surprising name: Emma Barnett. But what a year it has been. Barnett is the new darling of the airwaves. Who was it who skewered Jeremy Corbyn (the morning after a gentle prodding from Paxman) in one of the most talked-about interviews of this year’s election? Barnett, ambushing him about his poor grasp of the figures from her…

Source: The Times November 27, 2017 00:00 UTC