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Ofcom must crack down on the Conservative Party love-ins on GB News and TalkTV

OPINION: Will the regulator allow two Tory MPs to interview a Tory chancellor about a Tory Budget on a news channel?

Ofcom must crack down on the Conservative Party love-ins on GB News and TalkTV
Earlier this month Tory MPs Esther McVey and Philip Davies interviewed the Tory chancellor Jeremy Hunt on GB News | GB News/YouTube
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If you’ve happened to find yourself scrolling through news channels recently, you may have spotted a profusion of spluttering, pink-faced men shouting angrily about immigrants or Meghan Markle – an immigrant who chose to abandon Blighty, perhaps the greatest sin.

I am, of course, referring to TalkTV – the British television offering of the Murdoch empire, which owns the Trump-obsessed Fox News in the US – and its even angrier rival, GB News.

Both channels represent on-screen conveyor belts of right-wing reactionary commentators – many of whom are Tory MPs.