Guido asked Ofcom over a week ago why it was pursuing GB News so virulently for apparently presenting news when Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy did so entirely blatantly on LBC. Ofcom has had over 20 spats with GB News in the last two years while leftist commentators claim it’s “scared” of the broadcaster…

Hello @Ofcom, this is the Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy presenting breaking news on LBC, the exact thing that Ofcom ruled against Jacob Rees Mogg over. Can we expect @LBC to get a rap on the knuckles likewise? pic.twitter.com/KNGFjDQWTP

— Media Guido (@MediaGuido) March 29, 2024

This morning the regulator confirms:

“We’ve launched an investigation into David Lammy on LBC, broadcast on 29 March. We’re investigating whether this programme broke our rules on politicians acting as news presenters.”

It shouldn’t take calls of hypocrisy on Twitter to spur action…