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GB News gets upset about not being called by Starmer to ask a question… again

GB News has kicked up a stink after being snubbed by Sir Keir Starmer in his Downing Street garden speech.

The prime minister warned that the Government’s forthcoming Budget will be “painful” as he asked the country to “accept short-term pain for long-term good” in a speech made on Tuesday (27/8)

He claimed his Government has done more in seven weeks than the Conservative government did in seven years, but warned “things are worse than we ever imagined” because of a £22 billion “black hole” in the public finances, claiming to have found out last week that the Tories had borrowed almost £5 billion more than the Office for Budget Responsibility expected.

Starmer fielded questions from journalists after the speech, including representatives from ITV, BBC and Channel 4.

But one channel that didn’t get a look in was GB News, with Christopher Hope saying he had his hand in the air during the question rounds.

It’s not the first time GB Beebies has been snubbed by Labour.

In July, shortly after the general election, Camila Tominey suggested Labour are “avoiding criticism” after Jonathan Reynolds cancelled his interview with the channel.

They had been in charge for three days at the time.

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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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