Rev Calvin Robinson sacked by GB News alongside Laurence Fox
by Will Hobbs, Premier:
Rev Calvin Robinson has been sacked by GB News, joining fellow presenter Laurence Fox in dismissal.
The sackings follow comments Fox made on Dan Wootton’s programme, on which he asked what “self-respecting man” would “climb into bed” with political journalist, Ava Evans. GB News say Wootton is still being investigated.
In a video statement on X, Robinson said he had told his “friend” Laurence Fox that his comments on air had been “crass” and that he “shouldn’t have said that.” He described his role at GB news as “a mission to do God’s work” and believes that the channel’s “project (of free speech) is doomed”.
Robinson also suggested that himself, Fox and Wootton were already being “edged out” prior to the Fox incident, because one of the channel’s main stakeholders is looking to purchase The Telegraph, and does not want “any question marks” against their reputation.
He then claimed his Christian views were seen as bigoted within the channel and that there are “a lot of people there that hate the presenters”.
Robinson, who is also the Deacon at Christ Church Harlesden in North West London, was suspended on Friday after writing on social media that the channel’s bosses were “scared” of Ofcom, the national broadcast regulator, and “the woke mob”.
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