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The BBC director-general and chairman addressed Emily Maitlis’ speech while appearing before a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

"It's a deeply unpleasant propaganda video and bears no relation to reality", Margaret Thatcher's former aide wailed.

"He did this mock applause after Liz Truss left the chair" and called her the "back wash of the available MPs", Steve Brine fumed.

The sculpture had Twitter users in hysterics, with more than 11,000 likes and comments likening the art to infamous horror character Chucky.

"If you are curious about Boris Johnson's reference to Cincinnatus in his goodbye speech - he was a 5th century BC Roman politician who saved the state from an invasion, then - job done - returned to his farm ('to his plough'). He was also an enemy of the people."

“How could that possibly be the right thing for the BBC to do," one said.

“He misidentified her. His reports in real time point to a misidentification,” an official said.

“I just think it’s appalling, absolutely appalling. I mean, it’s cruel. People are dying, people are dying and (the Prince’s Trust) promised that they would expedite this and they haven’t. Justice is being denied still,”

"Honestly I’ve never seen anything so tone deaf in all my life," Scott Bryan said.