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Watch James Cleverly lose his rag when Krishnan Guru-Murthy stemmed his flow of Tory talking points

Oonagh Keating. Updated June 27th, 2024

Although the big political attention-grabber of Wednesday evening was the head-to-head debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, Channel 4’s interview with James Cleverly produced a few minutes of petulance that’s well worth a watch.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy pressed the Home Secretary to actually answer the questions, rather than spouting party buzzwords. The MP for Braintree, Essex – who is predicted to lose his seat next week – was not a happy bunny.

We’re grateful to Farrukh – @implausibleblog – who captured the Tory’s unravelling.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy: We’re off the point. Let’s stick with your record.

James Cleverly: Oh no, hang on, no. You went through a long history of things.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy: That’s my job, I’m asking you questions.

via GIFER

Despite everyone’s expectations of political interviews being several feet beow ground level, Cleverly’s performance was bad enough to draw comment from Twitter/X.

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Sam – @samwittings – had a suggestion for a different tack.

Maybe next time.

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