Is it because the BBC website is quoting the news headlines (as pictured above?) The headline quoted (I can’t make out which paper it is) is clearly using the word ‘reigns’ as a play on ‘reins’. I’m not sure; the jury is out!
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Much deeper than some of the waffle expressed by some.
It's a play on words in the original headline and then that headline is quoted. So what's the fuss? Such things used to be quite common in newspapers. Have we now reached the level of literacy where they are no longer appreciated? But I don't get why it's the fault of the BBC.
The BBC (once the ultimate bastion of the English language) makes some toe-curling spelling mistakes on its website. Next time I see one I'll post a screenshot.
In this case though, I agree that the use of reigns instead of reins is a deliberate play on words.
Or did you think Keir Starmer should be "gambolling"!??!?!