Government’s top lawyer slams BBC for being too pro-EU and always seeing Britain as the bad guys
THE Government’s top lawyer yesterday slammed the BBC for being too pro-EU.
Attorney General Suella Braverman told a testy interview that the Beeb always sees Britain as the bad guys and Brussels as saints.
The row came as moaning EU bosses began suing the UK for threatening to break the terms of 2020 divorce deal in the row over Northern Ireland.
Brussels chief Maros Sefcovic warned it risks sparking a trade war with the bloc.
He fumed: “Let there be no doubt: there is no legal nor political justification whatsoever for unilaterally changing an international agreement.
“So let’s call a spade a spade: this is illegal," he added.
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But London branded the EU's response "disappointing" and an over reaction.
Probed on Radio 4 about the latest Brexit row, Braverman snapped at a presenter’s claim that she sits in a “law-breaking” government.
She hit back: “With respect that's BBC view if you don’t mind me saying, that the UK government is always malevolent and the EU is always acting as the honest broker and the good guy.”
“But I don’t think that’s how many of my constituency sees it and actually when it comes to our international reputation we only have to look to our partners in Ukraine to see the great warmth in which they view the United Kingdom.
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“With respect I think it depends on who you talk to,” she added.
Following the slap down, World at One host Sarah Montague swiftly ended the conversation.
