GB News Black presenter who called Suella Braverman racist disappears from screens

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The broadcaster issued a swift apology to Ms Braverman, saying that the comment “crossed a line between robust debate and causing unnecessary offence.” “On last week’s edition of The Saturday Five, one of our commentators stated in very strong terms that he considered Suella Braverman to be a racist and in doing so, in our view, crossed a line between robust debate and causing unnecessary offence,” the station said in a Twitter/X statement published on 27 July. “GB News is and will always be the home of free speech, but free speech – as our editorial charter makes clear – does not mean causing unjustifiable offence, and in this case we feel a line was crossed, for which we apologise to Mrs Braverman who was understandably upset by the comment made about her.” Around this time, Mr Amankona removed all reference to GB News from his social media biographies and has not been on air since. Suella Braverman was ‘understandably upset’ by being called a racist, according to GB News Questions have been raised about the approach of GB News to other commentators who have expressed strong opinions on race. Last year, GB News commentator Carole Malone called Labour MP Diane Abbott a “bigot” during an on-air discussion about the politician’s suspension from the Labour Party at the time, following her comments suggesting Jewish, Irish and Traveller people are not subject to racism “all their lives”.