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Indeed, Lord Rothermere’s father loved Great Britain so much he went to live in France as a tax exile, Private Eye pointed out.

He called the 'Just Stop Oil' slogan "plagiarised", "very Vicky Pollard" and "quite childish" in the interview.

An interview with NFU Scotland president was conveniently edited so there was no mention of the 'B' word in the dispatch.

"It'll be like the good old days," the veteran broadcaster said, with "no snowflakes allowed in the audience".

"It's like Sunak's team planned a "yes he is very rich and no he doesn't think the rules apply to him" week", one person commented on Twitter.

Sir Peter Bottomley, who represents Worthing West, said he opposes the sale “because I am a Conservative”.

"It needs to be able to raise its own funds and capital," he said.

You do know Channel 4 “is not like the BBC”, Damian Green told her, "it's not in receipt of license fee money it makes its money from commercial operations."

"Channel 4 is a brilliantly British idea. The people’s channel, duty bound to make programmes others won’t, bat for the underdog and fear nobody. And it costs us nothing."