GB News critics want to limit free speech to ‘liberal, Islington consensus’, Grade says

Critics of GB News are part of a “liberal, Islington consensus” bent on limiting freedom of expression, Michael Grade , the recently departed chair of Britain’s media watchdog, has said. The Conservative peer, whose time at Ofcom has been criticised over the handling of the rightwing news channel , said he welcomed the arrival of the broadcaster five years ago in the name of “plurality”. …