‘Are you for real?!’ Labour MP handed brutal slap down in attempt to DODGE Keir Starmer grilling in explosive GB News row

Georgia Pearce
Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:28:29 +0000

Watch the moment Camilla Tominey is astounded as a Labour MP attempts to dodge her grilling on Sir Keir Starmer with an attack on Reform UK's Richard Tice.

Challenging Tom Hayes on the latest revelation in the Peter Mandelson scandal, the Bournemouth East MP offered a staunch defence of the Prime Minister, instead blaming the "bonkers" vetting system.

Mr Hayes told GB News: "The rules were changed on Friday, and there will be no more overrides of security vetting for a minute.

"The Prime Minister is coming to Parliament on Monday in order to update the House of Commons. There'll be plenty of opportunities for questions there too."

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Telling the Labour MP he is "stretching the bounds of her credulity", Camilla questioned him on whether he is "seriously suggesting that the former Director of Public prosecutions was so incurious that he carried on parroting this line, without asking any questions of any officials about whether the vetting had actually been successful".

Mr Hayes then swiped: "If you want to talk about curiosity, I don't know if you saw the really important breaking news. I don't think GB News has covered it, which is Richard Tice dodging £100,000 of tax payment."

Interjecting the MP, Camilla hit back: "This is extraordinary whataboutery! This is absolutely ridiculous, I'm not talking about Richard Tice right now."

Mr Hayes interrupted Camilla's response, arguing: "No you're not, that's the problem. GB News aren't talking about Richard Tice."

Camilla ordered Mr Hayes to "park that right now", warning the Labour MP: "This is extraordinary. I want to talk about the Prime Minister - are you for real?

"Are you seriously trying to make a story about the Prime Minister being on the brink, possibly facing either being sacked or resigning next week."

Mr Hayes interjected again, telling Camilla: "I'm asking GB News to respect its viewers and to cover all stories that they would find interesting."

Camilla shut down Mr Hayes's argument, demanding they "reconstitute" the interview before he "really embarrasses himself".

The GB News host made clear: "I'm going to ask you questions and you're going to answer them. You're not asking me the questions because I'm the journalist and you're the politician.

"Very disturbingly, the Prime Minister knew on Tuesday that Peter Mandelson had failed the vetting and that everything he had said to Parliament and the public, including an exchange with Kemi Badenoch on February 4 and then a press conference in Hastings on February 5 was wrong.

"He did not think to mention this to the House of Commons on Wednesday at Prime Minister's Questions. What's his excuse for that?"

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Mr Hayes told Camilla: "If you, as Prime Minister are not told about the failure in security vetting or the override and then you do find out, what are you going to do? You're going to wonder what the hell is going on.

"He instructed his cabinet secretary to assemble the facts, and once those facts were assembled, on Monday he is then coming to the House of Commons, and I hope to see you cover it."

Camilla was taken aback by the Labour MP, declaring his response an "extraordinary attempt to gaslight me and the British public".

She stated: "He knew on Tuesday that Peter Mandelson had failed the vetting. Why on earth didn't he think to mention that to the House of Commons, that he's now accused of misleading, either knowingly or unknowingly?"

The MP reiterated: "He's coming to the House of Commons on Monday, so let's get away from these process questions around what he knew when."

Camilla hit back in disbelief, arguing: "This is brilliant. You want me to get away from process questions when the Prime Minister's entire defence to this farrago is 'we followed the process, due process was followed'. The process, the process, the process.

"Everybody listening and watching this thinks that this is a complete and utter disgrace. Why can't you take responsibility for the fact that if he isn't a nave and if he isn't a fool, then he's a downright hypocrite because we all remember how he treated Boris Johnson during Partygate?"

Mr Hayes said: "I think there's a huge difference between the Prime Minister being denied the information he needs and Boris Johnson, whose staff has partied in Downing Street with suitcases of booze during the pandemic, with the Queen sitting silently and alone in a pew mourning her husband of many decades.

"Any attempt to draw a false equivalence on this station is disrespectful to your viewers, and I think you know in your heart that what you're saying there isn't equivalent, but you're pushing it out because, frankly, it will get the clicks.

"And as a consequence of getting the clicks, it will help you to get more attention."

Camilla then concluded: "After this interview I don't think I need to be helping anybody get any clicks, because your response to what has been going on in the last 48 hours is absolutely astounding."