BBC's new political fact-checker is a Labour activist and Jeremy Corbyn
supporter who said 'never trust a Tory' and described Conservative MPs as
'lower than invertebrates'
- Oscar Bentley made his TV debut on Politics Live, analysing Sunak
- 25-year-old
is expected to play key role in the run-up to the next General Election
The BBC has been accused of 'obvious bias' after its new political fact-checker was exposed as a hard-Left Labour activist who described Tory MPs as lower than 'invertebrates' and said: 'never trust a Tory'.
Oscar Bentley made his TV debut on Wednesday's Politics Live, where he spoke on behalf of the broadcaster's esteemed Political Research Unit, and was asked to analyse claims Rishi Sunak had made about crime during Prime Minister's Questions.
He offered a critical analysis of the Tory leader's use of statistics, saying Mr Sunak had ignored figures for fraud and computer misuse and adding: 'If you take crime actually recorded by police forces, that's actually gone up'.
Mr Bentley, 25, joined the BBC in September and is expected to play a key role in helping to fact-check political debates in the run-up to the next General Election. The role requires absolute impartiality.
Yet the Daily Mail can reveal that he is actually a lifelong Labour supporter who canvassed for Corbyn at the last election and has repeatedly smeared Conservatives on social media – and at one point boasted about having shouted 'Tories out!' at the gates of Downing Street.
And in April 2019 he expressed 'huge solidarity' with Extinction Rebellion, who were engaged in a demonstration in central London. He has also described Labour as 'my lads', and while at York University described himself as a 'lefty student journalist'.
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