By Mark Jefferies Channel 4 has pulled off something of a political coup by signing Emily Maitlis for its General Election coverage. The award-winning journalist, 53, was lead anchor of the BBC ’s Newsnight from 2018 to 2022. She left to join Global and start The News Agents podcast with Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall. On Newsnight in 2019, Emily memorably interviewed Prince Andrew about his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with Netflix recreating the chat in its drama Scoop, starring Gillian Anderson. But instead of returning to the Beeb for election night, Emily and the News …