Emily Maitlis: Newsnight host breaks silence on her BBC show replacement after controversy
express.co.ukNewsnight host Emily Maitlis, 49, was replaced on the show last night after comments she made about Boris Johnson’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings, 49, received backlash.
In the early hours of this morning, she set the record straight on why she was absent from the evening show. Emily addressed the controversy surrounding Dominic, who has been accused of breaking lockdown rules in recent weeks.Opening the show on Tuesday evening, Emily told viewers: “Dominic Cummings broke the rules – the country can see that and it’s shocked the Government cannot.“The longer ministers and the prime minister insist he worked within them, the more likely the angry response to the scandal is likely to be."He made those who struggled to keep to the rules feel.
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