 Regulators must look into GB News after the 'unacceptable and disgraceful' on-air behaviour of Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox, a Cabinet minister has demanded. Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan said Ofcom had to take the response to the 'next stage' after both men were suspended by the broadcaster following Fox's remarks about female journalist, Ava Evans. Wootton laughed in response to the widely criticised remarks by the actor-turned-politician, who asked about Evans, who is known as Ava Santina on X, formerly Twitter: 'Who would want to shag that?' Issuing an apology, Wootton said his 'inappropriate' reaction to the remarks about the political correspondent for online news site Joe was a 'very unfortunate lapse in judgment.' However, Fox refused to apologise for the misogynistic rant and said he stood by 'every word of what I said' and branded the attack 'free speech.' Donelan was clear that she believes both men behaved in an 'unacceptable and disgraceful way' as she called on the regulator to act on Sky News' Politics Hub. Evans has called for Fox to be sacked over the comments (Picture: Channel 5) Fox has refused to apologise over the remarks (Picture: Getty Images) 'Ofcom really do need to look at this. I was quite shocked and taken aback by the level of the comments made and the response of Dan on that show,' she asserted. 'It was completely unacceptable. I'm glad that GB News took decisive action and suspended both of them quickly today, but there needs to be the next stage now and Ofcom really needs to be looking at this.' Tory MP Caroline Nokes, who chairs the Commons Women and Equalities Committee, also said that the regulator must investigate the 'blatantly misogynistic, outdated, hideous attitudes.' To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 'I think there is a really serious case to answer and I hope th){kind=link}
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Regulators must look into GB News after the ‘unacceptable and disgraceful’ on-air behaviour of Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox, a Cabinet minister has demanded.
Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan said Ofcom had to take the response to the ‘next stage’ after both men were suspended by the broadcaster following Fox’s remarks about female journalist, Ava Evans.
Wootton laughed in response to the widely criticised remarks by the actor-turned-politician, who asked about Evans, who is known as Ava Santina on X, formerly Twitter: ‘Who would want to shag that?’
Issuing an apology, Wootton said his ‘inappropriate’ reaction to the remarks about the political correspondent for online news site Joe was a ‘very unfortunate lapse in judgment.’