Dan Wootton leaves GB News to set up own ‘independent platform’ Suspended broadcaster accused Ofcom of censorship after watchdog ruled his show had broken rules The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2024
Dan Wootton leaving GB News as host lashes out at 'chilling Ofcom censorship' TV presenter Dan Wootton has left GB News to launch his own independent platform, he said in a statement. Evening Standard · Mar 5, 2024
Jeremy Corbyn to take legal action against Nigel Farage over 'defamatory' statement on GB News Former Labour leader accuses Mr Farage of spreading ‘disgusting and malicious lies’ Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2024
Ofcom finds GB News broke rules when Laurence Fox ‘demeaned’ journalist Former actor’s comments about who would want to ‘shag’ female reporter ‘unambiguously misogynistic’, says watchdog The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024
How do civilisations collapse? Ask Lee Anderson The shameless smears against Sadiq Khan and the Conservatives’ mealy-mouthed refusal to reject them feel a lot like the start of the end of things The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024
GB News’s highest-paid Tory MPs – and how much they have received What the channel has paid the likes of Lee Anderson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Esther McVey and what it has got for its money The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2024
GB News has paid more than £660,000 to Tory MPs since its launch Labour MPs received just £1,100 from channel in same period, as concern mounts over its impact The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2024
Lee Anderson says public supports him over Sadiq Khan comments Tory suspended for saying Islamists have control of London mayor again refuses to rule out joining Reform UK The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024
Lee Anderson says he is not ruling out defecting to Reform UK Tory suspended over comments about Sadiq Khan would be populist party’s first MP if he joined The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024
Nothing to see here, say Tories of their hero, 30p Lee Even Rish! has tied himself in knots trying to work out what Anderson should apologise for. Because Lee’s not racist or Islamophobic, is he? The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2024
Is Sadiq Khan a good mayor of London? Let’s not pretend the far right cares From Trump and his supporters to the ‘meatheads’ on GB News, Khan has been under attack ever since he was elected in 2016. Facts don’t come into it, writes Zoe Williams The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2024
‘He’s very controversial, isn’t he?’: how Lee Anderson’s constituents reacted to his comments about Sadiq Khan In Kirkby-in Ashfield, some call their MP an ‘embarrassment’ while others say ‘he’s telling the truth a lot of people daren’t say’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2024
Sunak, his media allies – maybe even Lee Anderson – know Sadiq Khan is no Islamist. This is tactical racism The label ‘Islamist’ is being used to stir up anti-Muslim feeling for political ends, says Archie Bland, Guardian First Edition newsletter editor The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2024
The anti-Muslim rhetoric of rightwing politicians is fuelling hate crime – I’ve experienced it myself Words wield immense power, and public figures such as Suella Braverman and Lee Anderson are using them cleverly to whip up their audience, says journalist Tasnim Nazeer The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2024 SNP says Speaker has ‘broken his word’ by not allowing emergency debate on Gaza – as it happened Sir Lindsay Hoyle says he will not allow further emergency debate, saying that MPs came to a resolution on Gaza only last week
The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2024 Lee Anderson: from Labour councillor to Labour wind-up merchant For the Tories he was a useful counterpart to the party’s pinstripes and privilege brigade, but then he went too far. Or did he?
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2024 The Observer view: Tory MPs whipping up Islamophobia must be stopped In the wake of the chaos of the Gaza debate, prominent Conservatives are trying to exploit fears of extremism for their own ends
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2024 GB News is being allowed to break impartiality rules, say senior TV figures Ofcom is accused of not treating all broadcasters the same and of dragging its feet with investigations into the rightwing channel
The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024 Dan Wootton cleared of alleged criminal behaviour after six-month investigation Metropolitan police and Police Scotland decide to take no further action against broadcaster
The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2024 Tory MPs warn Sunak veering further right would be ‘politically disastrous’ Leading members of party’s One Nation caucus caution against any ‘attempt to become the Reform party’
The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2024 Two Labour wins, a Reform party surge and a dip into Rishession: never doubt Sunak’s strategy is going to plan The PM will make light of Labour’s byelection victories. And those who want him out will plot using their ‘grid of shit’, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Top News · Feb 16, 2024 Labour Wins Two More By-Elections, Conservatives Face Defeat Labour Party wins two by-elections, overturning Tory majorities. Swing to Labour in Wellingborough notable. Conservative Party faces challenges and questio...
The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2024 How can GB News get away with peddling ‘turbo cancer’ conspiracy theories? Only Ofcom knows It smacks of political bias to cite freedom of expression when dismissing complaints about a presenter’s anti-vaxxer rants, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson
Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2024 Rishi Sunak grilled by GB News audience over NHS and tax cuts PM answered questions on range of topics during TV grilling in Co Durham
The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024 Rish! uses his big break on GB News to remind us he can’t connect with people The PM’s hour-long Q&A on the People’s Forum once again showed that he’s just not very good at this sort of thing