Posted on X this morning by Matt Chorley and tellingly retweeted by the BBC Press Office account:
“I owe Nigel Farage an apology.
During last night’s Newsnight we covered the murder of Henry Nowak and the political reaction to the case, including discussing Nigel Farage’s comments about ‘pure, cold rage’.
However I referred to ‘white cold rage’. This was a mistake on my part, a misremembering of the quote. It didn’t change the content of the interview but I should have got the quote right. I apologise to Nigel Farage for this.”
Reform’s shadow home secretary Zia Yusuf last night claimed “the insertion of the word ‘white’ by the BBC is obviously designed to change the meaning completely. It was no slip of the tongue, Chorley said it THREE TIMES.” Now Chorley grovels…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”