Will GB News soon be old news?

[Patrick Thistle]

Andrew Neil has quit apparently.

[ursus arctos]

Just confirmation of the Farageian takeover, which is always what the money wanted.

[Patrick Thistle]

Well he says he's quite but he is still going to be a talking head on various shows and Farage is having him on his show tonight apparently.

[Ginger Yellow]

Presumably trying to salvage his reputation as <checks notes> chairman of The Spectator

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Didn't end well then.

https://twitter.com/afneil/status/1440797569836146690?t=Nl6hQH74JbLz8QojQE7Zhw&s=19

[Stumpy Pepys]

He'll be back at the BBC at some point.

[3 Colours Red]

He'll be back at the BBC at some point.

I give it a fortnight with a little help from Dorries.

[Tony C]

Possibly an unpopular opinion this, but I always liked Neil on his BBC Daily Politics slot. Obviously as an ex-Spectator editor his political leanings were clear enough but he was equally rigorous when interviewing politicians from either side of the house, which displayed a certain journalistic integrity. And he was good at it. God knows what he saw in GB News to throw in his lot with them,

[elguapo4]

Wonder how long it will take Neil Oliver to ask for his old job back on Coast.

[Toby Gymshorts]

Given the BBC's MO at present, they've probably already asked him back.

[Stumpy Pepys]

Neil's worth having in the tent, because no one can accuse them of only employing woke Marxists. And as Tony said, he's a very good interviewer.

Several big names flamboyantly quit the BBC and ended up coming back.

[Toby Gymshorts]

Neil's worth having in the tent

Hopefully pissing out.

[ursus arctos]

Neil appears to be a much better interviewer when he has a BBC research and production team supporting him.

The absence of anything of the sort was obvious at GB News.

[Stumpy Pepys]

Hopefully pissing out.

Yes.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Not sure about him being a good interviewer. It always struck me that he was playing an experienced journalist on tv, but really what he was was a polite right wing extremist there to reassure a lot of his audience that he too could remember ted heath and harold mc Millan.

I also have to say I judged Diane Abbott quite harshly for being involved in that charade of a programme with the "Woke" retired incarnation of Portillo. What the fuck was she thinking

[Stumpy Pepys]

Boris Johnson memorably avoided being interviewed by him during the election.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Boris Johnson memorably avoided being interviewed by him during the election.

Johnson has always had far more to fear from the far right. They will crush him If he steps out of line

[Discordant Resonance]

They've effectively taken over the Tories already, much like the GOP in America, so most are content with the spoils of elected office.

[Toby Gymshorts]

Yes.

I don't necessarily believe that is guaranteed.

[Gas In Name Only]

Boris Johnson memorably avoided being interviewed by him during the election.

Allowing himself to be mugged off by Johnson like that made him look like the tosser he is tbh