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Watch: Barry Gardiner throws his toys out the pram on Sky News

It’s day two of the snap election campaign and already tensions are running high. In particular, Sky News‘s Adam Boulton is having a rather testing week. After the news presenter speculated on Tuesday that Theresa May’s surprise announcement could relate to an illness, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff sent ‘Bunter’ a text telling him she would be making a complaint on May’s behalf.

Now Boulton is getting it from the other side. This morning on All Out Politics, Boulton interviewed Iain Duncan Smith and the pair discussed whether the Conservatives would drop their previous immigration pledge. Boulton then moved on to interview Barry Gardiner, the shadow International Trade secretary, about Corbyn’s speech today.

However, rather than talk about Labour, Gardiner launched into a tirade as he accused Boulton of letting Duncan Smith ‘off the hook’ on immigration:

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