Huw Edwards presented the News at Ten the wrong way round and people couldn’t handle it

The news at the moment is stressful enough without Huw Edwards turning everything upside down – but that’s exactly what he’s done. The BBC newsreader left “Huws At Ten” fans shaken and disturbed during a broadcast this week when he abandoned his signature pose in a deliberate response to a spoof Twitter account.

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Now, to explain: Twitter’s @HuwsAtTen is dedicated to documenting the way Edwards opens his broadcasts, with his right arm folded on the desk and left arm extended, and his eyes glancing downwards towards the right. Like so…

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— Huws At Ten (@HuwsAtTen) November 27, 2017

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— Huws At Ten (@HuwsAtTen) November 22, 2017

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— Huws At Ten (@HuwsAtTen) November 16, 2017

You get the picture. It’s one thing you can rely on in this uncertain world.

But not any more. The first sign that something unusual was about to happen came with this little tease…

OK then @HuwsAtTen what's it to be? I sense the winds of change… @BBCNews #bbcnewsten pic.twitter.com/qPJRtVi21u

— Huw Edwards (@huwbbc) November 29, 2017

And then he did it. He switched sides!

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— Huws At Ten (@HuwsAtTen) November 29, 2017

It just looks… it just looks WRONG, doesn’t it?

@HuwsAtTen Crikey – what happened on 29th? Is this the end of the world? Perhaps it's to distract Trump. The Huwosphere is in meltdown now…

— TheCat'sMother (@Duchess_taylor) November 30, 2017

WOAH WOAH WOAH Huw. pic.twitter.com/i824gei5Ht

— shebicad (@sheby) November 29, 2017

????Feel slightly uneasy at this!

— CORE447 (@CORE447) November 29, 2017

No!!!! Today has been too tough for news, we need normalcy! Huw, come back!

— Fee_yona (@Fee_yona) November 29, 2017

Quite clearly this is @huwbbc 's evil twin, Edward Hughes.

— The Welsh Zebra (@welshzebra) November 29, 2017

I am undone.

— Zoë Lukas (@zoelukas) November 29, 2017

Hopefully he’ll return to his signature pose before long and then everything can get back to normal.