Rachel Johnson

GB News will succeed – even if it fails

The new channel has chutzpah, and even if it folds after a year it will have shifted the dial on what we can and can't talk about

GB News presenter and chairman Andrew Neil prepares for the launch of the new TV channel. Image: Yui Mok / PA Wire / PA Images

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