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Rev Calvin Robinson

Rory Tingle and Danya Bazarraa – Daily Mail.com Sept 29, 2023

Calvin Robinson has been suspended from GB News after tweeting he would refuse to appear on air following the Laurence Fox row.

Fox was suspended from the channel after he made a series of remarks on the programme about political correspondent Ava Evans, which included asking ‘who would want to s**g that?’ on Tuesday.

On Friday morning, GB News boss Angelos Frangopoulos apologised to Ms Evans for the comments stating they ‘should not have gone to air’ and should have been ‘properly challenged’.

Fox has since apologised and GB News is undertaking an internal investigation while regulator Ofcom has launched a probe after receiving around 7,300 complaints over the episode.

Rev Robinson hit out at GB News on X, formerly known at Twitter, saying the channel should be a ‘chance to have conversations’ you can’t have on other channels.

But a few hours later he posted a tweet saying he had been suspended.

Addressing the situation on X, formerly known as Twitter, Rev Robinson wrote: ‘I get that people have to pay the bills. But GB News is more than a job – it’s certainly more than a chance to be on the telly – it is a mission.

‘An opportunity to shift the dial in public discourse. To have the conversations the shills on other channels cannot or will not have.

‘We must do all we can to avoid GB News becoming just another MSM outlet. Which it will, if we let it.’

He claimed that the bosses of GB News are ‘afraid’.

Rev Robinson added: ‘We are about to see if people really care about the project, or they just want a better slot, with a bigger team and better pay.’

Dan Wootton has also since apologised to Ms Evans, suggesting he should have intervened during the broadcast, while Fox said he was ‘sorry for demeaning’ the journalist.

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