Dog collar-wearing 'Revered Lynn' appeared on the flagship show to fiercely defend Theresa May, urging viewers to “have faith in the government”. In a tweet, Newsnight said: "Claims that Lynn appeared on #newsnight as a paid actor are false. "She carries out work as an extra using her middle name but this is not relevant to the capacity in which she appeared. Twitter is awash with theories that the BBC hired her to appear on the show – leading to “Vicargate”. "To have got to a place where you could choose to believe that enough to write it is deeply worrying."

Source: Daily Mirror November 30, 2018 07:07 UTC