“I’m just surprised at what Ofcom allows the channel to get away with.” ‘We should stick to doing our own knitting’ Indeed, I always regarded Ofcom as something of an ally and keeping us within the bounds of proper mainstream broadcasting. “Certainly, when I was involved in trying to put together GB News, it never struck me that Ofcom would allow that sort of thing to happen. It has surprised me how tolerant Ofcom has been of this kind of stuff. Neil told Roger Bolton’s Beeb Watch podcast: “A serving Conservative politician interviewing a Conservative government minister. Ofcom is assessing whether an April episode of Saturday Morning with Esther and Philip broke impartiality rules when the MPs interviewed the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt. “They all seem to be Conservative as well, which seems to be a bit sniffy to me.” “I’m very surprised that it’s gone down this road.
We don’t need politicians to take our jobs, particularly since they’re not very good at it either. As a country, we are replete with good broadcasters.
Neil, who resigned as the channel’s chairman and flagship presenter shortly after its launch in a row over its political direction, said: “I find it incredible.
One was hosted by Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, and another by fellow MPs Esther McVey and Philip Davies. Ofcom is investigating GB News programmes hosted by Conservative politicians after receiving a number of complaints. Politicians should not be allowed to present political news programmes as they do on GB News, according to Andrew Neil, the channel’s former chairman.
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