Myrie made several jibes about the former prime minister throughout the programme. He also reassured Helen Lewis, a journalist on the panel, that there would be time to discuss Johnson’s “mad” honours list. The concern is understood to have been releated to Myrie's back-to-back appearances on Have I Got News for You and then the late bulletin. “It was more to do with concerns that Clive was doing two very different types of programme within an hour of each other. Myrie has hosted the show four times while Naga Munchetty, the BBC Breakfast presenter, took her first edition this month.

Source: The Times June 22, 2023 10:41 UTC