Oh dear. Not much time has passed since Rishi Sunak’s bombshell general election announcement this afternoon but already tensions are running high. After being kept waiting for the Prime Minister’s electoral update today, journalists are channelling their pent-up energy into providing rolling Rishi coverage — which includes trying to sneak into the Tory party’s official campaign launch event this evening.
But one Sky journalist received a rather frosty reception when he attempted to cover tonight’s Conservative campaign event at the ExCeL centre in east London. Although selective media arrangements were in place, the broadcaster decided to try to pop in anyway — much to the irritation of several unimpressed security guards, who rather promptly escorted him back out again.
In a rather extraordinary clip, the journalist was banished from the event live on air, while he explained to viewers:
Hello, I’m currently at a Conservative party launch. This is where the Prime Minister is going to speak in the next few minutes and I’m being forcibly removed. We just simply wanted to have access tonight as Sky News, but unfortunately we were told that because there were pool arrangements in place we are not allowed to be here.
Talk about kicking things off with a bang…
Watch the clip here:
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