A Tory MP accused Nicky Campbell’s show of manipulating a phone-in and he really wasn’t having any of it
To the world of Radio 5 Live now, where Conservative MP Tom Hunt – no, us neither – was talking about migrant barge, Bibby Stockholm.
Also taking part was Care4Calais chief executive, Steve Smith, who said the barge was ‘to all intent and purposes, this is like a detention facility,’ a description which didn’t seem to bother Hunt at all.
Steve Smith(Care4Calais) – The Bibby Stockholm is like a detention facility
Tom Hunt(Tory MP) – "I'm quite encouraged to hear it's like a detention facility, as I'd like it to be a detention facility… they should be detained… & then deported.. " pic.twitter.com/g0AMLpvYfV
— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) August 8, 2023
But we mention it not because of that, mystifying as it was, but because of this exchange in which Hunt appeared to accuse Campbell and his programme of manipulating the phone-in.
And it’s fair to say the presenter wasn’t having it, he really wasn’t having it at all.
Surreal Stuff😳
Tory MP Tom Hunt scathes an attack on Nicky Campbell over there being people on the BBC show who didn’t agree with the governments evil detention camp Bibby Stockholm
Gov controlled media is essentially what tories want#ToryFascistDictatorship #RefugeesWelcome pic.twitter.com/7KDJmvGU5F
— kerry ✊💙Save Our NHS (@hewitson10) August 8, 2023
And just a few of the things people said about it.
jesus. It must be pretty bad to wind Campbell up. Honestly, though, they really are the national front at this point. Do you agree @K_Fletcher_MP?
— WheelieDave (@wh33liedave) August 8, 2023
Fair play to Campbell here, @tomhunt1988 demonstrating clearly that he's not at the bottom of the barrel but somewhere buried in the soil underneath the scrapings…
— Kathy Hodgson 💙 🇺🇦 #FBPE #ProtectTheWild (@KathHodgson) August 8, 2023
https://twitter.com/fascinatorfun/status/1688958554269528065?s=20
Put your stopwatch away – Brilliant. More interviewers need to wise up to Tory MP’s tying to eat up interview minutes
— RobJo (@katealex4700) August 8, 2023
Yip, Nicky Campbell was pretty "irked" as he put it, I would say he was close to raging ! I was in Nicky's corner !!
— freckles68 🍃💚 🍃 (@freckles681) August 8, 2023
https://twitter.com/Lynn_GT/status/1689171234162933760?s=20
Well done Nicky Campbell. Time to challenge these #ToryLiars and charlatans.
— Ros Hutchinson (@ros_hutchinson) August 8, 2023
And just in case you were wondering, like this person …
lol tbf if that was the pic they used of him? Lol
— Shane Levitt (@ShaneLevitt11) August 8, 2023
Tif that was me adding a pic 💁♀️
I didn’t search for the nuttiest one, honest 🫤
— kerry ✊💙Save Our NHS (@hewitson10) August 8, 2023
Source @hewitson10