Presenter Launches Legal Action Against GB News After Saying He Was Dismissed For Calling Former Home Secretary 'A Racist'
An ex-GB News presenter is taking the network to court after claiming he was dismissed for calling the former Home Secretary a 'racist and a thoroughly bigoted woman.'
Albie Amankona is being supported by the UK's Good Law Project and says he is headed to an employment tribunal for alleged racial discrimination, belief discrimination, harassment, unequal pay, victimisation for speaking out and unfair dismissal. GB News calls his claim 'misconceived.'
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Amankona, who was previously a regular on the right-leaning channel, says he was dropped by GB News last year after he said he believed Braverman was 'a racist and a thoroughly bigoted woman.'
He was told by co-host and now Reform UK politician, Darren Grimes, that 'you cannot sit on this show and call someone a racist', and says he was later informed by GB News that he had 'crossed a line' between robust discussion and 'unjustifiable offence.' GB News apologized to Braverman on X over the incident and she thanked the network for the apology.
'Mr Amankona's claim is misconceived, without merit and being robustly defended. As the claim is ongoing we do not propose to comment further,' said a GB News spokesman.
Braverman was at the center of the BBC's row over Gary Lineker's tweets two years back, when Lineker tweeted criticizing the government's asylum policy.
The news represents GB News' latest legal tussle, while the network has also had plenty of presenter and pundit turnaround during its time on air. Both Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson were sacked in 2023, while host Dan Wootton left soon after.
Earlier this year, GB News won a landmark legal battle against Ofcom over a report by presenter Jacob Rees-Mogg about Donald Trump.
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