Stephen Dixon raged at a Tory MP.
Stephen Dixon was left furious at Nick Timothy (Image: GB News)
GB News host Stephen Dixon had a clash with Conservative MP Nick Timothy on the live show after he questioned whether the Tories were in touch with the public. The row took place after discussions relating to Robert Jenrick’s dramatic exit from the Conservative Party to join Reform UK. Jenrick was dismissed by the party leader, Kemi Badenoch, who said he had been planning to depart in favour of Reform.
The ex-shadow cabinet minister had been dismissed by the party leader, but when Dixon asked Timothy about it, it soon exploded. He said: “I wonder if you’re reading the room because what you said, and frankly the way you said it, might have washed five or ten years ago. But does it wash now?”
Stephen Dixon fiercely defended himself (Image: GB News)
He questioned the MP and told him he talks about bringing in radical change, but said the only party that is doing so in a “strong, dynamic and straight-talking way that appeals to the British people, whether you like it or not, is Reform UK.”
Timothy fumed: “It is almost like you are an activist for them Stephen.” The furious host raged back: “No, no let me clarify. I’m certainly not an activist for any political party. I’m talking about what I see when I’m out and about meeting real people.
“They’re excited by politics when it’s delivered in a straight-talking way, and that’s what you’re missing at the moment.” Timothy then defended the Conservative Party and said there is a difference between talking about radical change and then doing the very serious hard yards needed to be in a position to deliver that change.
He then stated he will speak for the Conservative Party, not for other parties. Timothy reiterated that the party are “incredibly serious” about the work that needs to be done in the months and years before the next General Election.
Vowing they would not just put promises forward, he said: “[We are] putting forward serious plans that the country needs.” Areas they were focusing on including developing a new economic model, strengthening borders, and reforming the state to allow them to get things done.
He warned there were “serious challenges” the country faces, adding that Labour is “talking a good game” but had “no serious plans to deliver”. He added: “When we are ready to put a full prospectus to the country, I am confident people will listen.”
