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Ofcom urged to intervene as misogyny cases pile up at GB News

Media regulator Ofcom has been urged to intervene following remarks made by Shaun Bailey on GB News this week.

The ex-Tory mayoral candidate, who was given a life peerage by Boris Johnson in his 2022 resignation honours list, took aim at Carol Vorderman in comments that have been widely condemned.

It is the latest in a long line of misogyny accusations waged against the channel, which have been compiled in a video by the ex-Countdown star posted on X (formerly Twitter).

In September, GB News was forced to launch an investigation into “totally unacceptable” comments made by Laurence Fox about a female journalist during a broadcast.

Fox made a series of remarks about Ava Evans, the political correspondent for online news site Joe, including describing her as a “little woman” during an episode of Dan Wootton Tonight on Tuesday.

Ms Evans shared a clip of the comments on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, with the caption “Laurence Fox just did a whole speech on GB News on why men apparently won’t shag me ?” which was viewed millions of times.

In a follow up tweet she added that the footage made her feel “physically sick”.

Related: Ashley James tears into Shaun Bailey over Carol Vorderman remarks

Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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