In an announcement, Ofcom have said they were “starting the process for consideration of a statutory sanction against GB News”. This is very concerning. They claim that the broadcaster broke impartiality rules when they held a Q&A session with the Prime Minister and members of the public in February this year. This is clearly nonsense and appears to be an attempt to silence a news broadcaster that simply gave members of the public a chance to ask the Prime Minister a question. One of the main pillars of democracy is the ability to hold politicians to account – freedom of speech and freedom of …