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The veteran presenter Andrew Neil is highly unlikely to return to GB News, the right-leaning UK television station that he launched, people close to the channel said.

Relations between the 72-year-old broadcaster and its chief executive Angelos Frangopoulos had broken down and Neil was not expected to appear on the station again, the people said. The rift comes as GB News makes a series of changes to its schedule. It has already brought in Nigel Farage, former UK Independence party leader, as a top presenter.

Insiders said there had long been tension between those at the channel who want a right-of-centre yet mainstream alternative to Sky News and BBC News, and others pushing for a more radical platform.

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His involvement was one of the only things legitimising it as an actual platform.

He’s on the way out because their tiny viewership would rather see populist Farage and further right content than anything right-of-centre.

Just proof really of what most of us suspected; the channel cannot survive as a centrist alternative to mainstream news channels, and instead has lurched towards its natural state as a sad echo chamber for more heavily right leaning bacon.

Viewership spiked (a little, to about 100k, let’s not get over excited) when Farage started but has continued an inevitable slump since then with viewers dwindling week on week despite heavily featuring Lord and Saviour of the Cholesterol Afflicted, Farage.

Ahh well, maybe they can get another brief viewership spike by hiring Hopkins next? Pier incoming?



… thoughts?