Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries' fury at Nick Robinson after he told PM to ...

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries' fury at Nick Robinson after he told PM to ...
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries' fury at Nick Robinson after he told PM to ...

Cabinet minister Nadine Dorries was left angered after Boris Johnson was told to 'stop talking' during a heated debate with presenter Nick Robinson.

The culture secretary, who took over from Oliver Dowden in the Cabinet reshuffle, expressed her frustration after the exchange between Mr Robinson and the Prime Minister on Radio 4's Today programme - which sparked 558 Ofcom complaints this month. 

The interview saw the MP for Mid-Bedforshire, who has called on the BBC to put forward plans to tackle impartiality, tell allies: 'Nick Robinson has cost the BBC a lot of money', The Times reports. 

It comes as Ms Dorries, whose appointment comes amid ongoing talks with the broadcaster about what level the licence fee should be set at for the next five years,  recently told BBC bosses to address bias and elitism within the corporation.

Cabinet minister Nadine Dorries, who took over from Oliver Dowden in the Cabinet reshuffle in September, told allies: 'Nick Robinson has cost the BBC a lot of money'

Cabinet minister Nadine Dorries, who took over from Oliver Dowden in the Cabinet reshuffle in September, told allies: 'Nick Robinson has cost the BBC a lot of money'

The Prime Minister's exchange with Nick Robinson on the Today programme sparked 558 Ofcom complaints this month

The Prime Minister's exchange with Nick Robinson on the Today programme sparked 558 Ofcom complaints this month

During her first meeting with Tim Davie, the BBC’s director-general, and the corporation's chairman Richard Sharp last moth the culture secretary is understood to have called for reforms and a greater monitoring of the balance of news programmes within the corporation.

A source told The Times: 'They were both stunned and gulped down their tea. They thought she was just going to roll over.' 

It comes as the BBC revealed it had received 558 objections on the grounds of bias over the heated Radio 4’s Today show between the Prime Minster and Nick Robinson earlier this month.      

The interview at the Conservative conference in Manchester immediately got off to a tense start, with Mr Robinson saying how long it had been since Mr Johnson was last on the show, prompting him to cheekily reply 'has it really been that long?'

During the interview, Mr Johnson was interrupted during a long-winded answer on the supply chain crisis by Mr Robinson, who told him: 'Prime Minister, you are going to pause. 

'Prime

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