Andrew Neil takes swipe at BBC Breakfast over drought segment in veiled Twitter dig

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BBC’s ex-political presenter Andrew Neil has taken a veiled dig at his former employer after a segment on BBC Breakfast about the current drought.Neil left his role at the BBC in 2021 and has been vocal about the company since his departure.The 73-year-old left to join GB News and recently took to Twitter to poke fun at the BBC’s early morning news show, hosted by Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.READ MORE:BBC Breakfast's Carol Kirkwood reveals when she thinks she'll be axed from showDuring their show, Naga and Charlie spoke about the current heatwave and noted that some areas of the country are being severely affected by the drought.They spoke to a firefighter, who has attended a number of fires since it began, and weather presenter Sarah Keith-Lucas informed viewers that temperatures were on the rise.The presenters also spoke to Environment Agency expert John Curtin who said that rain could have “a detrimental effect”.He said: “When you turn on a tap or have a shower, that water comes out of rivers [...] that means we’re taking it away from the environment, or taking it away from a farmer that could be using it to irrigate or harvest crops that we will need for food [...].”He branded it as “something beyond normal” and that “rain in the next week" could "bring some respite from the drought”.Curtin then told viewers that there will be a “risk” that “comes with” the downpour, and showed them how “little the baked Earth absorbs the water”.As a result, there could be “flash floods” and farmers may “have to become makeshift firefighters” to “stop the fields burning”.A sceptical viewer didn’t hold back and tweeted about what they’d just seen.They wrote: “According to BBC Breakfast, even rain is bad now…”Former BBC presenter.