It’s hard these days being a teller of truths. So many of the leading lights in British broadcasting have found in recent years that they’re unable to do so in the less-than-lucrative halls of the BBC. Among those who have joined the exodus from the Corporation in recent years was Jon Sopel, who left in early 2022 to take up a role at Global with Emily Maitlis and Lewis Goodall. There the trio fearlessly dissect issues on which they all agree, on the wildly successful News Agents podcast.
Yet in his haste to stick it to Sunak on the Rwanda Bill, it seems that Sopel has blundered quite spectacularly. Following the Prime Minister’s press conference this morning, in which Sunak turned his guns on Labour peers in the Upper House, Sopel sneered that:
Given Tory majority in House of Lords bit rich for Rishi Sunak to blame Labour for delay to passing #Rwanda
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