Watch the moment GB News star Dawn Neesom snaps at ex-Labour candidate Kevin Craig for mentioning the far-right during a debate about migrant hotels.
The pair, alongside Reform UK’s Andrea Jenkyns, were discussing protesters gathering outside a hotel in Canary Wharf, London, housing asylum seekers.
Craig was defending the Government’s approach, insisting plans to remedy the situation will eventually bear fruit and the use of migrant hotels will “slowly turn”.
He took aim at protesters on both sides, saying people on both the far-right and the far-left have caused trouble.
“What I am going to say is, I have noticed a lot of protests attract extremists from the far-right and the far-left and I don’t want to see a single police officer threatened by these people”, he said.
“Protesters wearing masks in public is totally unacceptable and breeds fears. People have a right to protest, but extremists try and jump on the bandwagon.”
Jenkyns said she joined a rally in Lincolnshire against Ed Miliband’s net zero plans recently that leftists arrive at and cause havoc.
“I agree, those on the left need to allow people to democratically protest in peace”, she said.
“And the far-right as well”, said Craig, a comment that sparked a lively reaction from Dawn.
Dawn Neesom waded in: “What gets me is, when you talk about the far-left and Antifa, people on the left always mention the far-right.
“Why do you do that? We weren’t talking about the far-right.”
Asked to define what the far-right is, he said: “The far-right in my view are extreme, racist groups who have a white supremacy ideology.
“The reason I mentioned them was for balance. It’s important.”
