Government Minister Sacked Over Whatsapp Messages
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at the latest Government minister to be forced to leave their role.
Health minister Andrew Gwynne has been sacked after a newspaper revealed he sent a string of offensive and abusive WhatsApp messages. Gwynne said on X that he was sorry for any offence caused by the "badly misjudged" comments. Laura, Paddy and Henry discuss.
Meanwhile, the deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner spoke to Laura about accusations she was “aggressive” during a Grenfell Tower demolition meeting.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello. Now, if you were listening to yesterday's episode of Newscast, you will have heard a little bit of our interview with the four British families who are suing the tech giant TikTok. |
| 0:14.6 | We've had a message from Bev who says, I'm struggling to find the extended interview that we referenced on the show yesterday. |
| 0:21.8 | That full interview should now be in the newscast feed for you as a separate episode. |
| 0:27.7 | So that should be there if you want to listen to it in full. |
| 0:30.7 | The parents were incredibly dignified and the conversation was very moving. |
| 0:35.0 | So I do recommend that if you have time, go look for that episode. |
| 0:39.7 | But today we will also be rounding up today's news in this episode of Sunday's newscast. |
| 0:44.8 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:47.2 | I like landscapes. |
| 0:48.2 | I don't think I'm being rude. |
| 0:49.5 | Japping, unemployed people who are overweight. |
| 0:52.0 | That is not the agenda. |
| 0:53.3 | It's the fun police working overtime. |
| 0:55.5 | The star is born, Elon. |
| 0:57.4 | So hurt that a miracle let this happen. |
| 0:59.6 | Frankly, I think we need a British Trump. |
| 1:01.4 | Take me down to Downing Street. Let's go have a tour. |
| 1:04.8 | Blimey. |
| 1:05.6 | Hello, it's Laura in the studio. |
| 1:06.7 | It's Paddy in the studio. |
| 1:08.0 | And it's Henry at home. |
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