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Has Kay Burley been spinning for Murdoch lieutenant Les Hinton?

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News addicts may recall Kay Burley’s hectoring questioning of Chris Bryant over phone hacking, culminating in the Rhondda MP describing the Sky News presenter as “a bit dim”. “Do you have evidence that [phone hacking is] endemic … pretty strong claim if you don’t” And while Burley’s detractors may delight in Bryant’s demands for an [...]

When Harry met Kay

In his conference speech yesterday, David Cameron praised 97 year old activist Harry Beckough for his service to the Tories down the years. As Guido has observed, Sky News ran a less than smooth live interview with Beckough, in which Kay Burley oscillates between patronising the nonagenarian (“you didn’t have 24-hour news when you first started!”) and getting her [...]

Chris Bryant calls Kay Burley "a bit dim". To her face.

David Babbs and Peter Andre can permit themselves a wry smile this evening. You should watch the buildup for context but the action is at around 2:00 and 3:40 :- Telly gold.

Ashes to ashes: Sky News' Kay Burley eats humble pie over Catholic gaffe

As a good Catholic schoolboy, Scrapbook thought walking round with burnt bits of palm leaves smeared on his forehead was most entertaining. The practices of Ash Wednesday were evidently lost on Sky News’ Kay Burley this week as she proceeded to speculate at length as to why US vice-president Joe Biden “looks like he’s walked into a door”. Burley [...]