As Boris Johnson Got the Boot, British Television Got Pretty Bonkers (Column)
07.07.2022 - 20:05
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Scott Bryan This has been the weirdest week in British television in a long time.In the days leading up to Boris Johnson’s resignation, the number of gaffes and surreal moments captured on live television became almost impossible to track. But in many ways, these moments reflected the surreal mood of the country as the prime minister refused to step down, despite more than 50 government resignations.Take the political coverage from College Green, a public park in Westminster and a popular location for interviews with politicians.
On Wednesday, the day after Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor Rishi Sunak sensationally resigned from their posts, ITV’s Susanna Reid and former Labour chancellor Ed Balls were interrupted on “Good Morning Britain” by the anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray singing a karaoke version of the Bay City Rollers, replacing the words “Bye Bye Baby” with “Bye Bye Boris.” “Bye Bye Boris, Boris Bye Bye” is being inadvertently blasted out on @GMB pic.twitter.com/tsJ6bN5mcu— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 6, 2022On Thursday, it got weirder, still. A couple of hours after news broke that Johnson was to step down, Bray took a music request from the actor Hugh Grant on Twitter (yes, really) to blare out “Yaxety Sax.” This resulted in a Sky News interview with a Conservative MP discussing the future of their party set to the blaring and ridiculous sound of the Benny Hill theme tune.INCREDIBLE SCENES“THE BENNY HILL THEME TUNE” IS BEING BLASTED OUT ON SKY NEWS.
pic.twitter.com/N06wBwcoZl— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 7, 2022Meanwhile, earlier that morning on ITV, morning television host Lorraine Kelly used a psychic pig during her show to determine whether Boris Johnson was about to step down. In the
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