GB News shows hosted by MPs broke Ofcom rules: Five episodes hosted by serving Tory MPs found to have broken broadcasting rules by media regulator.
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Quick Glance: GB News Programs Presented by Tory MPs Breach Ofcom Rules
- Ofcom found that five episodes of GB News programs presented by Tory MPs have violated impartiality regulations.
- The shows in question included two hosted by Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and three co-hosted by former Pensions Secretary Esther McVey and Philip Davies.
- Ofcom determined that these episodes aired in May and June 2023 did not adhere to Rules 5.1 and 5.3 of the Broadcasting Code, highlighting the importance of impartiality in news presentation.
- While GB News had previous breaches, this marks the first violation of Rules 5.1 and 5.3, potentially leading to sanctions if further infractions occur.
GB News is winning the fight for the right-leaning audience – but at what cost?: Despite lacking the cross-promotional advantages of a giant media stable ...
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U.K.’s GB News Broke “Impartiality” Rules With Politicians Acting as News Presenters, Says Regulator
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Penny Mordaunt: 'I'm getting on with my job' amid claims some Tories want her to replace Rishi Sunak
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Mayor of Bath to stand against Jacob Rees-Mogg: Current Mayor of Bath Dine Romero will be the Liberal Democrat's candidate for North East Somerset and ...
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Jacob Rees-Mogg earns £29k a month for TV host second job: 'All MPs need to have a relationship with the media to communicate with and answer to voters ...
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Shamima Begum shouldn’t have lost her British citizenship: Parliamentary sovereignty is the bedrock of the constitution, and the courts ought to accept it ...
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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 ...
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Only liberals drink skim milk, Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg declares: “Full fat, creamy milk will nourish your inner Tory,” says Brexit champion.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg's teenage son defends him against Matt Hancock's jibe: The MP’s Etonion son confronted the former Health Secretary.
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Tory members would choose me as leader, says Nigel Farage: Reform UK's co-founder predicts he will end up in the same party as Tory MPs like Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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Ex Neighbours star Holly Valance rants about ‘c**p left’ at Liz Truss PopCon launch
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Labour's byelection win poses challenge for Rees-Mogg: 32k of the now-Labour seat's voters will become part of his constituency for the general election
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Quick Glance: Tory Defeats: Labour Victories in Kingswood and Wellingborough
- Labour candidate Damien Egan wins Kingswood by-election in Thornbury, England.
- Former Tory MP Lord Gavin Barwell describes Wellingborough loss as catastrophic.
- Party Chairman Richard Holden acknowledges results as not great, mentions context and low turnout.
- Conservatives deny massive switch to Labour, emphasize opportunity for future election win.
Popular Conservatives: Who are the new Tory group launched by Liz Truss? What do the 'PopCons' stand for? Key figures, including Jacob Rees-Mogg
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Kwasi Kwarteng: Liz Truss’s chancellor standing down at election: Senior Tory responsible for infamous mini-Budget disaster quitting parliament
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Nigel Farage: Conservatives facing 'extinction event' and he's aiming to replace them
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Rees-Mogg could face defeat like Portillo if Tories lose Kingswood by-election: A poor Tory show in Kingswood could mean a memorable election defeat for Jacob ...
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Watch: Jacob Rees-Mogg clashes with ‘left-wing’ broadcaster: Jacob Rees-Mogg was asked to defend his attack on 'Davos Man' by News Agents journalist Lewis ...
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‘The poor are footing the bill’: Rees-Mogg and Anderson attack Net Zero at PopCon’s launch
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The Tory right’s radicalisation should trouble us all: Time is the great lubricant of politics. How else to explain the sudden turning of the wheels of the ...
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The real-life Traitors: Secret Seven plotting to take out Sunak: A cabal of former special advisers linked to Suella Braverman and Jacob Rees-Mogg are accused of ...
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NEW: Rishi Sunak is set to appear on a GB News show as he steps in as a temporary replacement for Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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Liz Truss' PopCon and the UK's strangest (yet powerful) think tanks: Now that Liz Truss has launched her PopCon ‘movement’, it is worth looking at other ...
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Tories 'open' to charge of bias over voter ID reforms, says elections watchdog
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Catherine Deveney: Deluded Tories the 'family party' know the price of everything and the value of nothing
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Jacob Rees-Mogg says Tories can still win general election: The MP for North East Somerset, was at the count on behalf of GB News, spent time speaking with ...
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Labour's ex-Lewisham mayor triumphs in Kingswood by-election on dismal night for Conservatives
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Does Liz Truss and her PopCon group have their finger on the pulse of the ‘secret Conservatives’? - Jayne Dowle
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Labour could be on course to win Weston-super-Mare for the first time ever at the next election while Jacob-Rees Mogg could also lose his seat ... Show more
The race to take on Jacob Rees Mogg - Labour's intriguing candidate decision: They are queuing up to try to oust the Tory grandee from a new constituency on the ...
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UK quietly drops Brexit law to return to imperial measurements: Jacob Rees-Mogg attacks decision despite public consultation that revealed little appetite for ...
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How wealthy is Jacob Rees-Mogg? The Rich List investigates: His hedge fund may have collapsed but the former business secretary is still one of parliament’s ...
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Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg attacks 'po-faced puritans' over Truss honours criticism
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Jacob Rees-Mogg Tory backbencher of the year as grassroots reveal favourite MPs: Jacob Rees-Mogg has been named the backbencher of the year in a poll of ...
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GB News must drop Farage and Rees-Mogg for election if they stand, Ofcom says: GB News will have to drop star presenters Nigel Farage, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and ...
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Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Old Fund Somerset Capital to Close: Somerset Capital Management, the investment firm co-founded by Conservative politicians Jacob Rees-Mogg and ...
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Somerset Capital Management to wind down after client losses : Boutique fund manager co-founded by Jacob Rees-Mogg lost two-thirds of assets after St James’s ...
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Blue wall stands to gain most from inheritance tax cut: Jacob Rees-Mogg is among Conservatives urging Jeremy Hunt to scrap the levy in his budget
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Who can beat Jacob Rees-Mogg?: Both Labour and the Lib Dems have cause to believe they are best-placed to defeat the former Tory cabinet minister in Somerset.
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Wetherspoon: Tim Martin set to be knighted in New Year Honours: JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin is reportedly set to be knighted in the New Year Honours list ...
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UK Election 2024 - why the Tories could lose: There will be an election in the UK in 2024 - and the venerable conservatives are drifting aimlessly ...
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“What is a ‘tsar for wokedom’? What does it mean?"Jacob Rees-Mogg condemns Rishi Sunak's cabinet appointment of Esther McVey as "tokenistic" ... Show more
Quick Glance: New Minister Without Portfolio: Esther McVey's Background
- Esther McVey, former work and pensions secretary in 2018, now holds a ministerial position.
- Officially titled minister without portfolio in the Cabinet Office.
- Born in 1967 in Liverpool, placed in a Barnardo's foster home due to her parents' financial struggles.
- She also works as a presenter at GB News and has openly expressed political ambitions, including a potential run for prime minister.
GB News hands shares to Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nigel Farage: Right-leaning broadcaster also gives stakes to other staff including suspended presenter Dan Wootton
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Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses WECA of 'pillorying the motorist': The North East Somerset MP spoke on behalf of Saltford residents in the House of Commons this morning ...
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NEW: Jacob Rees-Mogg has said Keir Starmer would be welcomed to the Conservative Party 'with open arms'.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Old Fund Somerset Capital to Close: Somerset Capital Management, the investment firm co-founded by Conservative politicians Jacob Rees-Mogg and ...
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'Hypocrite': Rees-Mogg pocketed £16,800 for seven weeks work: Ministers are entitled to a lump sum when they leave government but Jacob Rees-Mogg previously ...
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Jacob Rees-Mogg’s defence of the British Empire: Jacob Rees-Mogg was in stirring form this morning, at a Tory party conference event on ‘Restoring prosperity ...
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Jacob Rees-Mogg claims some people self-harm to get asylum: Ahead of the home secretary's address to Tory conference later, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg was asked about ...
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Google's AI suspects two MPs and an ex-PM could be aliens: The artificial intelligence chatbot gave detailed reasons for its suggestions, although it made it ...
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Liz Truss signs autographs as she’s met by sweeping queues at Tory conference: The former prime minister rallied the still supportive Tory membership at the ...
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Quick Glance: 60 Tories Join Liz Truss Group, Putting Rishi Sunak's Commons Majority at Risk
- At a packed fringe meeting during the Conservative party conference, Truss and her supporters held a rally advocating for a cut in corporation tax, the construction of 500,000 new homes, and the resumption of fracking to reduce energy bills.
- Truss made her only public appearance during the gathering of activists in Manchester, suggesting that the Conservatives are no longer the party of business.
- Liz Truss calls for a cut in corporation tax - video
- The Conservative Growth Group, consisting of Truss's allies, including former dissatisfied cabinet minister Ranil Jayawardena, has grown to include 60 MPs - the same size as the government's majority in the Commons.
Jacob Rees-Mogg praises Boris Johnson’s leadership after knighthood: Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg has praised former prime minister Boris Johnson’s “great leadership” ...
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The pledge has gathered support across the Tory party, including among the former cabinet ministers Sir Brandon Lewis, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and Dame Priti Patel
Braverman backs Douglas Murray: Stop the presses: common sense has broken out in parliament. On Thursday, Suella Braverman delivered an update on the anti-terror ...
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Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos review – full of extraordinary revelations, if you can bear to watch
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Conservative activists mock Rishi Sunak and predict election defeat in leaked messages
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Jacob Rees-Mogg and Laurence Fox GB News shows investigated by Ofcom over impartiality rules
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Monzo bank denied Jeremy Hunt an account as staff called Tories ‘evil’: Staff at the bank that refused to give Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, an account described ...
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Quick Glance: Monzo Bank denies Jeremy Hunt account due to Tories' insult
- Bank staff describe the Conservatives as 'evil' and celebrate their election losses.
- Employees at Monzo, the challenger bank with seven million customers, say Jacob Rees-Mogg 'could do the human race a favour' by leaving politics and call author JK Rowling 'vile'.
- Hunt revealed last month that his application for an account with the bank was rejected before he became chancellor.
- Last week, it was revealed that the bank also informed Gina Miller, the anti-Brexit campaigner, that they would close her political party's account.
Mick Jagger is 80. Let’s pay tribute to his greatest gift to the world: Donald Clarke: Mick Jagger and his peers liberated young men from requirement to dress ...
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Douglas Ross called out after 'embarrassing' Scottish law error: THE Scots Tory leader – at least for now – was called out by people who actually know what ...
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Senior Tories demand tax cuts for small businesses after new wage growth data: Senior MP Sir John Redwood urged ministers to act swiftly with 'targeted tax ...
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Prepare for Rees-Mogg’s ‘anachronistic upper-class mannerisms’, Varadkar told before meeting
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MPs approve report on alleged interference in Partygate probe: The Privileges Committee accused Tory politicians of trying to interfere in its Boris Johnson ...
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Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg criticised over Partygate probe: The ex-ministers are among those rebuked over their response to a Commons investigation into ...
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Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg asks Rishi Sunak about Coutts Bank following Nigel Farage’s claims of being denied an account based on his politics ... Show more
Ofcom investigating episode of Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg's GB News show: The media watchdog says it received 40 complaints objecting to Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg acting ...
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Schools like Eton ‘must teach pupils about their good fortune’: A former Eton master who apologised for Boris Johnson and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg’s impact on the ...
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Jacob Rees-Mogg leads final fightback against 'vindictive' Boris Johnson ban from Parliament
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Quick Glance: Parliament set to deal Boris Johnson humiliating blow on his birthday
- On Monday, Boris Johnson turns 59 and Parliament will debate a report that concluded he had lied about a party.
- If the House of Commons supports the conclusions of the Privileges Committee's report, Johnson could be denied a lifetime pass to parliamentary buildings.
- Last week, the Privileges Committee concluded that Johnson had knowingly misled Parliament about Covid rules at his offices and residences.
- To become prime minister again, Johnson will have to win a new parliamentary seat.
'I think that's a mic-drop Jacob Rees-Mogg'
There are cheers from the Labour benches after Labour's Harriet Harman is interrupted by Jacob Rees-Mogg ... Show more
The former Cabinet minister warned any attempt by Tories to prevent a Boris Johnson comeback in 2024 would ‘shatter our fragile party unity’
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Jacob Rees-Mogg warns Tories could be plunged into civil war if Boris Johnson return is blocked
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"They have come to conclusions that are not fully supported by the evidence."
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg tells Sky's Beth Rigby that the partygate report ... Show more
SNP MP slams Ofcom's failure to act on politicians presenting GB News: AN SNP MP has savaged bosses at the UK’s media watchdog for failing to enforce their own ...
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Boris Johnson rewards key allies in resignation honours list: Priti Patel is made a dame and Jacob Rees-Mogg is knighted, as seven are nominated for peerages.
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Quick Glance: Boris Johnson rewards Partygate allies in resignation honors list
- Charlotte Owen, a former adviser to Mr Johnson, and Kulveer Singh Ranger, a former director of transport while Boris Johnson was London mayor, will be elevated to the Lords.
- The former prime minister has nominated seven people to receive life peerages and 38 people to receive honors including MBEs, OBEs and knighthoods.
- Samantha Harrison, former interim permanent secretary and chief operating officer of the office of the prime minister.
- Lord Newby, leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords, called Mr Johnson’s resignation honors list a clear failure of leadership.
Schools like Eton ‘must teach pupils about their good fortune’: A former Eton master who apologised for Boris Johnson and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg’s impact on the ...
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You know things are bad for the Tories when Jacob Rees-Mogg is staying loyal: After the past few years, it is, frankly, a bold strategy for the Conservatives to ...
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Sky News spoke to Boris Johnson’s ally - Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg - after an investigation found that the former prime minister misled parliament ... Show more
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Brexit ‘bonfire’ of EU rules is burning Parliamentary sovereignty instead
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‘Morally wrong’ inheritance tax should be killed off, 50 MPs say: Four former cabinet ministers and more than 50 Conservative MPs want inheritance tax to be ...
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