The Labour split press conference had an unexpected NSFW voiceover

Oonagh Keating. Updated February 18th, 2019

As the rumour mill has been suggesting for weeks, seven – formerly Labour – MPs have announced a split from the party to form a new Independent group in Parliament, citing disappointment with Labour’s handling of Brexit and anti-semitism as their main reasoning. The seven, Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith, Mike Gapes, Gavin Shuker and Ann Coffey, announced their decision in a very solemn press conference.

.@lucianaberger announces seven Labour MPs have resigned from the Labour Party to form a new independent group, saying "this has been a very difficult, painful, but necessary decision" #LabourSplit https://t.co/iAQE1PnRMR pic.twitter.com/PN9OOdfaFw

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 18, 2019

However, one person in the room obviously didn’t notice their dangerous proximity to a live microphone, and this happened:

hot mic BBC moment during ex-Labour MPs' press conference

'not going to lie, between this and Brexit we're fucked'
'it's going to be so divided'
'the Conservatives are going to win' pic.twitter.com/1dSqLYi4LO

— Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion) February 18, 2019

Quite a lot of viewers noticed the commentary.

.@BBCNews you might want to turn off the mic that keeps picking up someone saying “we’re fucked” at this news conference

— John Robins (@nomadicrevery) February 18, 2019

https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/1097445702056243200

Haha, watching on the BBC iPlayer feed and someone just mumbled "between this and Brexit we're all fucked" and they're continuing to mumble.

— Rebecca (@arbitrarygenius) February 18, 2019

Whoever the mystery voice was, they may prove to be correct.

walking into parliament as a labour staffer today pic.twitter.com/RNopb4RfNv

— Jade Azim (@JadeFrancesAzim) February 18, 2019

H/T: Matthew Champion