BBC slated for Brexit anniversary coverage featuring 'insulting' Radio 4 interview

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : Hannan told Radio 4 it "makes no sense to say there is a big negative effect from Brexit" and tried to argue Brexit enabled the UK to rollout the Covid vaccine faster.
67% : "This is being done in order to whitewash the massive and corrupt blunder of Brexit.
66% : READ MORE: Greenpeace activists occupy Shell vessel heading for North Sea "As the IMF came out and said this morning, we are doing the worst of the lot and the reason for that is largely down to Brexit.
66% : He said: "To have two Brexiteers debating Brexit whilst excluding any voice that reflected the current reality of a sizeable majority against Brexit in all but a handful of places throughout the entire UK is not just wrong - it is wilfully, deliberately and insultingly wrong.
60% : The interview on Tuesday's Today programme - presented by Justin Webb - involved Tory peer Daniel Hannan and Tory MP Theresa Villiers discussing the impact Brexit has had on the economy after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the UK will perform worse than other advanced economies, including Russia, in 2023.
58% : READ MORE: Labour and Tories 'conspiracy of silence' over Brexit condemned by SNP "It beggars belief that given the current situation Labour is still parroting impossible nonsense about 'making Brexit work' but of course it is only able to get away with that because the BBC and much of the media are complicit in the deceit.
57% : "We've made everything more difficult [with Brexit].
56% : Meanwhile, Villiers argued there "was a lot of good news about the economy" to try and deflect accusations Brexit had largely contributed to its downfall.
54% : It's not just on Brexit.
51% : "It's not the anniversary of Brexit, strictly speaking, it's the anniversary of the very contentious Trade and Cooperation Agreement that Johnson and co reached, on the back of which comes the Northern Ireland Protocol.
50% : There was also some analysis from the BBC's Europe Editor on how the EU viewed Brexit and Professor John Curtice covered public opinion on the UK leaving the EU.
49% : The segment was widely slated with many deeming it "incredible" there was no Remainer involved as both Villiers and Hannan were given several minutes to argue that Brexit had not damaged the economy with no voice from the other side challenging them.
49% : It comes after The National commissioned a poll showing the majority of Scots do not think the BBC has done a good job of reporting on the impacts of Brexit.
44% : It has also emerged Radio 4 will be hosting a special debate this evening on Brexit with a panel involving Brexiteers Claire Fox and Jacob Rees-Mogg, ex-Labour spin doctor Alistair Campbell and Tony Danker, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
40% : " Media and propaganda expert Dr Emma Briant said the interview was an example of the BBC helping to cover up the "recklessness" of Brexit.

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