Rod Liddle: 'Emily Maitlis no longer taken seriously as an impartial news presenter'

Dan Wootton speaks to journalists Rod Liddle and Paul Connew about the row surrounding BBC Newsnight’s handling of the alleged Dominic Cummings ‘scandal’ after the BBC issued a statement saying the programme “did not meet standards of due impartiality."
Rod Liddle told Dan that Newsnight “should endeavour to ensure this never happens again,” saying “apologies from the BBC are rare…even they were forced to conclude that [Maitlis] had allowed personal animosity to get in the way of a fair interview.”
Arguing that he did not think people took Emily Maitlis as a serious interviewer anymore, Mr Liddle said “she is a hero amongst that rather agreeable Metropolitan bubble in which she lives.”
Whilst Paul Connew highlighted to Rod Liddle the fact there was a petition supporting Emily Maitlis which was approaching 100,000 signatures, he did say “I do agree with Rod to a tiny point…I would have changed a tiny little bit of that intro.”
Paul also pointed out the “surprisingly large number of Conservative MPs who had come out against Dominic Cummings and telling listeners that the specific exceptions to lockdown rules quoted in Cummings’ defence, had been intended to assist children in violent situations who had been in danger.

[@deltadeltan]

She said a while back in an interview with an American politician "everyone in the UK dislikes trump". This is clearly not true. She got away with that. She is very biased.

[@tommyodonovan3883]

Most people hate Trump in Canada....Most Canadians dislike Americans in general, they feel morally superior.

[@PerthTowne]

@@tommyodonovan3883 Most Canadians dislike Americans? That's definitely not true in my experience. Americans and Canadians are constantly crossing the border between countries--hundreds of thousands of trips each day. We cross back and forth across the border to work, to shop, to go to university, to go on vacation. We get along very well with each other---regardless of the politics of the moment. That's quite a generalization you made.

[@liam.4454]

IM English and I love trump

[@wendysmith2255]

I did honk Trump is great protecting the American people

[@WolfGratz]

As it happens I don't like Trump. Nevertheless she is talking nonsense.

[@Redforever369]

The BBC has had it’s time!

[@whynot5443]

She should be sacked - let's see how she likes it

[@wendysmith2255]

Sack d and then hounded

[@johnmurphy9550]

@@wendysmith2255 she's already a hound

[@fermionjj4654]

Maitlis is an entitled bitch

[@michaelrichardson9458]

I find BBC news incredibly difficult to watch now. They are clearly not impartial on a list of big issues and political figures.

[@RDBb-jn3rm]

And they seem to think we all need a lesson in how to be a good globalist.

[@wendysmith2255]

Don’t watch any bbc channels plummet their ratings, switch off all news channels, stop buying the newspapers hit them where it hurts IN THEIR POCKETS

[@mrmrsmarshall9110]

@@wendysmith2255 don't pay their licence tax then, I don't because I don't watch the filth

[@TheYanbibiya]

Time to switch off then mate. It brings nothing good to our lives.

[@michaelrichardson9458]

@@wendysmith2255 I agree with you that would hurt their pocket. Although there are actually some BBC shows I like blue planet with David Attenborough and some of the history shows on BBC 4 are quite good. My way of protesting their far left bias is to never pay my TV licence bill I haven't paid it for ages now and I won't ever. I'm not gonna pay for them to poison the minds of the public!

[@KillerBill1953]

I haven't taken her, the BBC, ITV or Sky news seriously for a long time. BTW I believed that the "rules" were guidelines, not laws? Cummings is being pursued by people who hate the Tories and want to overturn Brexit.

[@hansiesma16]

The rest of the country wasn't permitted to do what he did - and the police were monitoring peoples movements to ensure they didn't. Guidelines, laws - whatever - people were receiving fines and warnings left, right and centre. Mostly, its the people who were not being obedient in the first place who don't really care what Cummings did. For the people who missed out on seeing family members and doing what they wanted, it probably is annoying, upsetting etc. Is this how you justify non tolerance towards your political party? By telling yourself anyone who isn't a Tory by default wants to overturn Brexit? That sound stupid logic to me! Hey ho, each to his own right to indulge in stupid logic.

[@marascomedywig5350]

Hansie's Ma Typical remoaner comment putting people down because they have got your delusional intelligence Boris and our Dom will make Britain great again 🥳🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😷✌🏻

[@leewetherelt5685]

@@hansiesma16 yes we were, you obviously missed when the dr woman said there was provision for vulnerable people and you obviously didn't read the rules. you'll notice durham police dont mention his trip from london to Durham ,that's because it was allowed.

[@outsidethematrix1064]

Spot on it's so obvious but the leftards will never admit to the truth!

[@hansiesma16]

@@marascomedywig5350 You should get out there and mingle - the more you mingle the greater the chances of making Britain great again.

[@whynot5443]

100,000 champagne socialists signed a petition in support of Maitlis, whilst 66 million think she's an absolute tool.

[@missingwords6723]

I must have missed that survey .

[@shaunmcmillan6791]

David Faulds so why did the BBC admonished her?

[@Jiz1obber]

@David Faulds Balls - I say! - but that's just my opinion Fact - she's not employed to tell "the truth" - she is supposed to be unbiased and impartial - as dictated by the BBC charter. On that basis alone she should be sacked. If she wants to shout her "truth" into the wind - maybe she should join the rest of the butthurt Remoaners on Twitter. Oh....wait a minute...

[@jagman84]

@David Faulds Unfortunately, she's forbidden by the BBC charter fron expressing her personal views in the manner that she did. If she resigns from the BBC she is free to do so. She should be sacked for this repeat performance.

[@yamabushi170]

@David Faulds I've got a bridge to sell you.

[@Chris-the-Saxon]

They went after Priti Patel they now are going after Cummings! It's all about brexit!

[@richardmacey3619]

Chris OF COURSE IT IS, SO BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS

[@Iamtilersscreeminganger]

So true, they all know it and we all know it. But you’ll never here them say it. Duplicitous to the extreme the liberal left snowflake remoaners.

[@markabrahams2191]

I don't think it is all about Brexit,their political ideals are very much in line with the UN which these days is pretty much aligned with the ccp.

[@Iamtilersscreeminganger]

MARK ABRAHAMS they are desperate to get Dominic Cummings the sack or put so much pressure on him that he resigns for one reason only, he was the man behind brexit plain and simple and with the end of negotiations date coming up in a few weeks they want to get an extension and Dominic Cummings is in the way of that, sorry but that’s the facts. This fake outrage about braking lockdown is so transparent we all know the real reason don’t we. Remoan, remoan remoan.

[@OGA_999]

What a stroke of luck that PM Johnson was able to realign his tried and tested team getting rid of doubtful loyalists such as Javid, AG Cox, Rudd et al. Imagine the stress this would have been to keep them inside despite their 80 strong majority

[@robertwatts1213]

The BBC didn't even throw Jimmy Saville to the wolves, never mind a wealthy socialist presenter.

[@zenvagabond]

@Qwfwq66 Other than their bosses were aware of him in the 70s (per John Lydon's comments), and their covered up and did nothing about it, when they could have reported it.

[@nicholasgibson3223]

Neither did the Conservatives they Knighted him lol.

[@harryflash4680]

@Phill Taylor Really ? THey don't show episodes of TOTP he was in. Why would they do that ?

[@harryflash4680]

@@nicholasgibson3223 Please, don't give them facts.

[@Grogster2007]

I wrote to the BBC complaining about how biased Maitlis's coverage of the Trump UK visit was. I was fobbed off but she should have been sacked.

[@richardmacey3619]

Grogster2007 They are still at it Grog, always negative without exception about Trump but Saint Barrack can do no wrong. It will be hilarious in November if Donald manages to win a second term in spite of all the media bias against him. The BBC will be spitting feathers.

[@wendysmith2255]

Bbc are all the same every worker in that corrupt place, anyone with any decency would have left.

[@richardmacey3619]

Grogster2007 I just hope Trump has the last laugh in November, the media has been on his back for the last four years with lies and negativity, Sopel is the worst offender. There’s a hearing in the Senate at the moment exposing blatant Democrat corruption against Trump, the silence from the media is deafening.

[@MSM4U2POM]

@@richardmacey3619 Is there anything positive to say about Donald Trump?

[@millwallholdings]

@@MSM4U2POM WELL HIS NOT A PEADO LIKE SNIFFING JOE, he also has done a lot for blacks unlike obama the worst president in the states history

[@stanpritchard7436]

Close the BBC down immediately, it is the epicentre of remain.

[@margwally5849]

The BBC should have been closed down when jimmy savile was exposed. The top people knew what he was doing and they covered it up. London

[@samsparrow4206]

Need to move on and accept Brexit this Cummings situation has become a politically motivated witch-hunt

[@wendysmith2255]

Yes break it financially switch off all bbc channels plummet their rating we can do this

[@margwally5849]

@@samsparrow4206 I vote for Brexit but when the population is told to stay in doors and then we find out that the person who devised it, is going out and breaking the lockdown,we have every right to question it. Thousands of people were in the same position as him have been fined. Cummings story is bull shit. London

[@jonsmum5552]

Mr B Liar It’s the epicentre of everything that’s gone tits up in this country!

[@philging]

Well done Dan - excellent interview. Rod Liddle is a very good journalist and should not have been treated like that by Emily No -Maites.

[@whackiey]

He's a roght wing scaredy cat plonker

[@lindastone6868]

Another nail in the BBC's coffin.

[@durham6551]

Don't buy the New European and don't pay for the BBC. End of.

[@ben31uk]

Dump your tv license

[@pdarley58]

Yep already have ...

[@mikegreen247]

Ditto

[@hobbyable1]

Yes, 100% right. Stop funding BBC political propaganda, you have a choice= STOP FUNDING IT!!!!

[@futurez12]

Yeah, dump that so everyone too old to use the internet has to pay SKY £500+ each year instead. Good idea.

[@matthewv4170]

@@futurez12 what is commercial television? Freeview has a number of channels and you can get a WiFi.and TV package for 30 quid a month. The TV licence is 14 a month.

[@andreaspetrou9296]

She did the same (bullying, interrupting, trying to weave her own narrative into the interview) with the Hungarian foreign minister. She obviously doesn't learn.

[@richardmacey3619]

Andreas Petrou I remember that interview Andreas, he well and truly told her straight where to go

[@andreaspetrou9296]

@@richardmacey3619 yeap, chose the wrong person to try bully....

[@clemalford9768]

Yes, I saw that. She made a real fool of herself. She needs to consult the dictionary as to the meaning of 'impartial' journalism.

[@garyhopkins9275]

I saw that. The Hungarian minister was so polite and patient, she was an absolute cow. I could not believe what I was hearing! She should have been given her marching orders! So happy to find that comment here!

[@johnstar769]

i saw that what i remember about it was the anger on her face

[@martinrich2547]

Emily Maitlis is paid quarter-million pounds, how much is this is stolen from the older people?

[@michaelrichardson9458]

We all know the real reason they've gone after Cummings like this is because they don't like him or his political opinions.

[@StorytimeBeaming]

And they want to reverse brexit

[@peterduff9281]

The Guardian sat on this non-story for several weeks until it was close to the Brexit deadline then...whoosh! Bet that paper's now full of the non-social distancing at the London protests the other day....surely??

[@veryveryangryman1]

May I say, I am falling in Love with Dan Wootan! On a serious note, this Emily Maitlis 'Creature' is NOT a Presenter! NO! She is a Paid up Labour Political Activist! She is not FIT to be on a National State Funded News Channel, that is supposed to be Impartial! She is absolutely Repugnant! Their Viewing figures are at their Lowest Rates in History! GET RID OF THIS Sycophant!

[@juliehorton1246]

James Downey....I agree 100%. Very well said 👏👏👏👏

[@bobrail733]

Then don't pay the treacherous British Bullshit Company their money by buying a license ! Not many do these days ,waste of your money 👍👍👍👍

[@lesliehall7683]

Surely she should not be allowed to be a member of any party,and anybody I speak to thinks what Cummings did was not important, it was just what most people would do

[@geoffreymarks8502]

I used to like question time, but that has become unwatchable loaded panel and audience towards the left. It’s becoming tiresome listening to their bias

[@markgalligan1487]

I feel exactly the same way. QT used to be a must watch, now it is a cannot watch.

[@billynomate3699]

@@markgalligan1487 Ditto

[@mattmatt7305]

It used to be an excellent example of why Western freedom was amazing. That politicians of all persuasions could be put under the spotlight by members of the public on nationally broadcast TV for all to see. It was amazing. But BBC editorial positions have ruined it.

[@harryflash4680]

Is that what paranoia is ?

[@stephanieely8463]

@Qwfwq66 youare watching s different programme i think.

[@bitcoinog3713]

They used to finish the nights broadcast with a rendition of God save the Queen and people used to stand for it. We'll end the decade waking up to the Islamic call to prayer on the BBC.

[@PD-uc5st]

Tragically that is so true. Our childrens lives will be blghted. Racism used to mean what the Oxford Dictionary states. But nowadays the word is used so much it means sweet FA

[@harryflash4680]

As I remember they used to do they same in cinemas. Most people rushed for the entrance at that point. As Phil the Greek said after the death of Diana, wy do they care so much about someone they've never met ? Or, as Air Commodre Peter Brothers said of his service in the Battle of Britain, I wasn't fighting for King and Country, I was fighting them to stop dropping bombs on my country and scaring my mum. Not an exact quote but the sense of his remarks. JUst like in the best trained army in the world (like all our forces screwed over by tories for pennies0) unit cohesion and fighting for your mates is the main motivator.

[@paulmcnicholas3846]

I never took her as a serious impartial journalist

[@user-lo5ou7do9n]

Paul Mcnicholas EM waste of good space

[@kneedeacon2309]

Paul Mcnicholas - she has been like this for years- since 2016 after the referendam! BBC is rubbish and they employed shitty stuffs

[@GeoffreyJohns]

Emily Maitlis should have been immediately sacked, obviously

[@marascomedywig5350]

Freeze Peach I don’t care boris and Dominic will make Britain great again 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😷✌🏻

[@jasonashmore8986]

@Freeze Peach right or wrong shes paid NY us the people to deliver impartial news

[@jasonashmore8986]

@Freeze Peach the left fear him hes delivered the left a few crushing defeats

[@MrSpookyLover]

haha u know how it goes there.. just look at Jezza in itv, obviously punches producer in vicious xenophobic or anti Irish rant, now he presents Millionaire

[@apocalypto1]

@Freeze Peach hello wanker!!

[@ducktack1]

Nothing mentioned about the 4 Labour politicians including Kinnock that drove hundreds of miles to see his dad and the other that attemded a birthday party not to mention the other one that attended a funeral with over a hundred other people.

[@chuckylamb4398]

Such hypocrites

[@lindseyspence3140]

Or How Alister Campbell went for a swim and then posted a selfie with the Speedo guy blatantly breaking the lockdown rules. and flaunting it on his social media and he didn't get the pressing hounding him outside his home like rabid dogs yet Dominic Cummings gets treated like the antichrist because when he and his wife have corona he decided to make sure they can isolated to gather to take care of his autistic son .

[@briantemple1848]

How about CIRCO busing illegals all over the country and puting them up in hotels.

[@charlesdavies1585]

Three counts and out. In the BBC dont sack her they loose any credibility they cling to !

[@nightowl7459]

Charles Davies I think they lost credibility a long time ago.

[@wendysmith2255]

Peoples stop watching news channels stop buying crap newspapers. Back Boris and Dominic 100%

[@rayalbion9637]

They have no credibility ? and I don't think they are worried about clinging to any , they have a wierd monopoly on which every one has to pay into regardless on how much you dislike thier content and no one including Boris Johnson has ever done anything to change the status quo and it doesn't look like any one is going to end this theft of income any time soon.

[@davidknight2104]

The biased broadcasting corporation are an absolute disgrace!! The sooner the licence fee is scrapped the better

[@leechinnery2791]

Don't pay it fella,I stopped years ago,if anyone knocks on my door about it I'll knock them the fuck out.

[@jonsmum5552]

Lee Chinnery If i cancel mine Lee, and they come to my door can I call on you to knock fuck out of them? Lol

[@harryflash4680]

I agree. It's a way of controlling the BBC - behave or else. Just like MI5 having someone vetting senior appointments to make sure there's no one too difficult to let in. Do they still have an office there ? Off the leash of the licence fee they will be freer to analyse governments of whatever party.

[@johnyare8576]

Why won't Ofcom allow this Station to be aired on FM and Freeview?.

[@red-pillphil3060]

And why is Ofcom the broadcasting regulator so heavily involved with 5g??A conflict of interests there!?????

[@jasonkingshott2971]

I asked the same question, the answer is pressure from the BBC not to.

[@jezzamobile]

But Ofcom ploughing ahead with 5G, so that's ok 🙂✔️

[@Jiz1obber]

You know - I was womdering the other night - whatever happened to that solid, on-the-ground reporting from the likes of Kate Adie, Jeremy Bowen, and John Simpson. It is truly depressing to witness what has become of the BBC over the last few years.

[@Pro2eus]

She's just disgraceful. The licence fee needs to go and the bbc should try to stand on their own feet. May be difficult for the leeches

[@deborahriley2037]

Get out of london love you will get a massive SHOCK 🇬🇧

[@SensibleMoniker]

The only snooty person to ever come out of Sheffield.

[@celticvixen8002]

Emily Maitles always looks like she could do with a good wash!

[@MP-yp8pk]

Yeah, a good full body and face exfoliation.

[@robertcornelius8056]

And a new wig

[@jonsmum5552]

Sofie Dunbar The argument is about her ability to do her job, which she clearly can’t judging by her biased comments.

[@traceymcgowan826]

LOL so true in what you say nice one

[@celticvixen8002]

Sofie Dunbar how can I give misogynistic personal insults??? Look at my name.... a woman can’t be misogynistic!!! Anyway, I’m only stating a truth... she looks like she needs a good scrub with soap and water!!!!

[@neilrafferty2097]

Take a look at her interview with the Hungarian Foreign Minister from a few years back . She is placed gently back into her cage by a very clever man .

"No longer taken seriously" Well done on catching up with what we all knew years ago.

[@rescyn1190]

I know I was disavowed of that belief when I watched her blatantly biased interview with Péter Szijjártó (the Hungarian foreign) minister when it was just one gotcha attempt after another.

[@richardmacey3619]

ResCyn Great he gave her both barrels

[@knickertwistcopperby6066]

@Rescyn She came close to calling him a.. racist! Imagine my shock.

[@beastieboy3926]

Yes she was cringeworthy.What an embarrassment to journalism.

[@merxeddie6474]

The BBC ,the broadcasting wing of the Labour Party.

[@millwallholdings]

yet still they lose

[@seabreeze4339]

Not just the Labour party but also the self anointed

[@harryflash4680]

Laughable

[@fayeowens5478]

Revamp the BBC , I can't believe how they're behaving.

[@jim22277]

Best Ron Liddle quote... "We are at peak wank"

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

These people are absolutely rabid. Nice work Boris the Blade and nice work Big Bad Dom. Never give in to these degenerates. Time to focus exclusively on *_real_* issues, such as ending this farcical house arrest and -social- anti-social distancing, getting the shops, pubs and curry houses open and embracing the multitude of benefits brought to us by our democratically mandated exit from the European Union.

[@talktv]

Were the BBC right to apologise for Newsnight's behaviour?

[@ben31uk]

talkRADIO the BBC are bias. It's unforgivable

[@turbosnowy]

An apology doesn't really cut it - taxpayers fund the BBC but the BBC itself seems determined to be a leftwing progressive, pro-EU propaganda outfit - if it wants to be the TV version The Guardian, then fine, but stop the licence fee and let the BBC/Guardian hybrid suceed or fail in the market on it's own merits... I dont think it would last long, and they know it.

[@bobyorke]

talkRADIO Too bloody right. And get rid of the ex guardian labour activist editor whilst they are at it. Disgraceful

[@jezzamobile]

Does it count as an apology if they leave the content up..,? 🤔

[@Jiz1obber]

Talk is cheap. Maitpiss urinated the words out of her mouth...but others at the BBC must have approved it before hand. This is no different than Commisar Corbynov claiming that there's no place for anti-semitism in The Labour Party whilst utterly failing to actually do anything about it. The BBC charter is so far past it's sell-by-date it stinks to high heaven. End this fraud now!

[@_dude..]

Always tune in for Rod Liddle. Top man.

[@esclad]

It appears the BBC apology to Rod isn't worth the paper it's written on. "We will endeavor to ensure this never happens again"... really.

[@Cotictimmy]

Emily Maitliss ruined Newsnight. Was a loyal viewer from 1981 but I've given up on it.

[@roodborstkalf9664]

Started at the same time, but I gave up in the early 2000's. It took you a long time to see the truth.

[@scabthecat]

a columnist at the new European. lol.

[@jezzamobile]

"..John Humphreys signed the petition.." 😁 QED✔️

[@twentyrothmans7308]

The lockdown does not apply to fairtrade soy milk.

[@nicknewey6152]

He sounds British, so shouldn't that make him an old European? 😁

[@mabbrey]

the great journos are long gone or dead

[@davidhack1974]

Well it's official (if anyone doubted it) Emily Maitlis is BIASED, the cat is out of the bag. Can she ever be trusted again??? . Perhaps she should seek a change of employment with an organisation not constrained be the obligation not show bias,there are plenty of those.

[@spangles3654]

Tesco;s maybe LOL!!

[@benphilips9918]

Never mind Newsnight, have you tuned into the BBC 10 'o Clock News? My flatmate watches it every night and I have to leave the room. Every story is dripping in emotional manipulation with a blatant anti-government bias. I feel physically ill when I overhear it - like being in the audience watching a stand-up comedian dying on his feet...

[@stevedoughty1941]

Ditto.

[@Mina-gm3pg]

Absolutely, switch to chsnnel 601 and within seconds click for euro news, France 24, Fox ...to drown out the sickenly biased stooges, cut out figures dominating across almost every programme, not just the news.

[@jimmytyson4094]

I feel exactly the same Ben,I've been calling it Live at the Apollo for years.

[@russellthechemist8291]

Newsnight is now a 'grooming' show designed to groom the mindless into its own biased views with attendant emotional reactions and incitement.

[@maureendavidson4635]

It's been rubbish since they lost Paxman. I couldn't look at the next guy (Gollum?) and gave up.

[@DOORHANGING]

Are we going to get an apology from her ?

[@HairyHillman]

“The polls have decided that he broke the rules” - when did we abandon due process and start having trial by twitter?

[@millwallholdings]

The left are always on about polls and petitions "The Guardian said is another one shit rag of a paper online now poncing people for money

[@tozmom615]

The BBC is biased? I hadn’t noticed. Said no one ever.

[@johnmaclean4861]

Time she went to write for the Daily Mirror

[@aucourant9998]

"The polls show"...enough said.

[@rightsarentwrong5635]

She went too easy on Prince Andrew ad lost a lot of respect over that. She had multiple chances to pounce on his contradictions but stayed on script, all she is is a puppet.

[@harryflash4680]

She skewred him

[@PS-py8zf]

I'd say the BBC are no longer taken seriously but that ship sailed along time ago 😎

[@ClearVista]

since when is the breaking of a law determined by a public poll?

[@10wanderer]

Except in this case no law was broken IT DOE NOT EXIST

[@austinbux]

You can legally avoid paying your TV licence. Do so.

[@joseph-be6me]

Get rid of the BBC subscription only why pay for a tv licence when you can get Netflix.i haven’t watched none of live tv since the referendum.

[@marthajohns443]

Rod liddle love his comments .

[@harrytd]

"Burn it to the ground and salt the earth" - James Delingpole's solution to the BBC. I agree entirely.

[@OfirMusic]

Tommy is a hero, Emily is a coward.

[@harryflash4680]

Tommy who ?

[@OfirMusic]

@@harryflash4680 Tommy, Tommy Tommy Tommy that's who!

[@iceshakle]

Mutton dressed as lamb.

[@chrishembrow3884]

Mutton dressed as mutton

[@janinemcdonnell9221]

Have donated to, Go Fund Me, DEFUNDED THE BBC.

[@crackmiler9127]

I have just watched the interview with Rod from last year, you could feel the hate coming off her, fortunately I have not watched the bbc for years and now I remember why.

[@jonmorris1999]

She's just one of many reasons why I no longer pay the BBC licence fee

[@johngovus6580]

Ditch the licence fee money for old rope

[@nickjung7394]

This must constitute gross misconduct. Dismissal without compensation.

[@tunnocks]

Ranting on Twitter is not the "public mood" as the last few elections have shown.

[@penelopepissedoff9161]

Rabid MSM

[@kepnjem]

Maitlis was the last nail in the coffin. I have cancelled my TV licence as a result of this.

[@Filbert66]

The New European means old school EU commission!

[@grossherman3841]

I thought I was alone in thinking that the BBC and most other elements of the media were at it again, overtly bias, anti Tory, anti Boris, still anti Brexit and very anti British.

[@heman19877]

She looks like the grandmother on the show Benidorm.

[@cryptic_badger795]

I've never taken Emily Maitlis serious at any point in time!!

[@sids48]

I stopped paying my licence fee 9 months ago...I hope I'm not alone?

[@neilhedley6080]

Luckily we have lots more media outlets on our side

[@5tanne5on5ea]

A reporter is supposed to report, otherwise perhaps we should stop calling them such and change their name to news creator, viz someone who creates the news!!!

[@markabrahams2191]

They are political activists is what they are ,as you say not reporters

[@josephinesterne9375]

Remember Maitliss being criticised for rolling her eyes after interviewing Barry Gardiner

[@kenhardy8405]

How can we trust a word she says, she is peddling her own agenda, totally unacceptable as far as I’m concerned. She got lucky with her Prince Andrew interview, he was too arrogant thinking we would believe his every word.

[@Rod_2E0RLR]

Editor of the new European... says it all!

[@MrMeldarionx]

BBC = Karen World

[@johnmansell5097]

Why is Emily still employed, answer, institutional bias against this government.

[@herewardthewake1]

Most of the public are outraged because the MSM has consistently portrayed the actions of Dominic Cummings as breaking the rules when he did not.

[@tonytigervarley]

She has a Karen haircut too

[@traceygreenwood1575]

Here hear,

[@anncosten7022]

Got into a conversation in the queue outside the CO-OP today, bought up Dominic Cummings with a friend and her daughter, asked her opinion, she had definitely bought the party line, i asked her, had she heard his interrogation for herself, she replied no. This whole business with the eyes is the one thing people are still hung up on. I played her the clip that i had recorded (i like to do that when expressing my point, especially when i know what i am talking about, like when I'm right. It's incredibly satisfying). She, along with others who became involved (whilst, at all times, maintaining social distancing measures) changed their opinions when confronted with the facts. I made it the lesson of the day to not automatically believe what you see/hear on / in media. To question and remember there is always two sides (at least) to every story. But it shouldn't have shocked me as much as it did, to hear how completely people believed. So that was my good deed for the day. I provided Enlightenment. Sounds pompous i know. But me and my pal " Johnny walker" are on a mission to put the world to rights. Peace & love. Joy to all. No offence intended.

[@sisiphas]

Emily Maitlis has contravened the BBC charter to a far greater extent than Dominic Cummings has contravened anything

[@s13hgp]

She reminds me of Worzel Gummidge.......

[@andycapp9063]

I support Borris

[@boomer.65]

Scrap the licence fee now.👎

[@mattmatt7305]

It seems the BBC has forgotten its place.

[@andrewgoatley9057]

I'm glad that the editor's responsibility was brought up. It is so embedded throughout the corporation, it is institutional bias.

[@christinewesson2046]

Never heard of her till I saw her appalling interview with Jordon Peterson. She should be sacked. The BBC licence should be stopped.

[@garyf.3328]

How come the BBC doesn’t check what the presenters are going to say before it goes out live?

[@sidneyellis5153]

She tried it on with the Hungarian foreign Minister but he pissed on her parade. Hope she goes for good.

[@VHogg5432]

I wouldn't watch newsnight if the BBC came to my house and payed my licence fee...

[@jefffranklin8106]

Great program, thank you.

[@bumberClart1000]

She was spot on. Brilliant journalist and lovely woman. Cummings ? His time is near

[@andrewwhelan454]

Did Rod Liddle just call her a fishwife? Well that just says where he comes from. She may have spoken with prejudice but don’t call her misogynistic names.

[@jimmy2minutes]

What about Dimbleby on Brexit night, simpering with glee, after the first 10 minutes. By the end he looked like he had been trapped in a lift for a week with a non stop farter. And Laura Kissicorbyn, all animated with champagne on ice.

[@richardmacey3619]

jimmy2minutes Yes Jimmy he went as white as a sheet and could not get the words out, brilliant night that was, as was Trump winning in 2016.

[@jimmy2minutes]

@@richardmacey3619 sometimes l watch the whole BBC Brexit night back, when I'm at my lowest ebb. Dimblebys face brings me out of the worst of times.

[@rogeralsop3479]

Excellent Rod.

[@UncleBoratagain]

So let us constantly track Mateless and express our views?

[@wardyboy87]

Love rod! He's a proper gent!