Now seems like an appropriate time to reveal David Lammy’s reputation as a shock jock is about as strong as his reputation as a Minister of the Crown. During his days as an LBC presenter between 2022 and 2024, Lammy is said to have frustrated producers for often absorbing ‘nothing’ from his briefing notes and being a bit of a ‘slowcoach’. It was, apparently, a frustrating and bemusing experience to work with him. He left the broadcaster in 2024 to fight the general election and eventually become Deputy Prime Minister. There’s hope for everyone…
Local government minister Alison McGovern told LBC that the BBC should apologise to Trump:
“If they’ve made an editorial mistake, then they should apologise. And, more broadly, I think if they’ve made errors, I think the answer to that is better quality journalism, and to invest in that journalism so that we can have the standard of programmes we all want from the BBC.”