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Newsreader Clive Myrie is at the centre of a BBC impartiality row after making tasteless jokes about the Government while hosting the comedy quiz Have I Got News For You.
Tory MPs are furious over Friday night's jibes on BBC One by Myrie, 59, who is tipped to present the Corporation's election night coverage with Laura Kuenssberg after Huw Edwards was forced off the air over a sex scandal.
At one point Myrie appeared to shock even the studio audience after referring to Rishi Sunak giving an 'unexpected' knighthood to Egyptian tycoon and Tory donor Mohamed Mansour.
He linked the donation to gifts by major Tory backer Frank Hester, who has made offensive comments about MP Diane Abbott.
Myrie said the knighthood for Mr Mansour had been unexpected 'because at no point had he been quoted as saying he wants to shoot a black woman'.
Tory MPs are furious over Friday night's jibes on BBC One's Have I Got News For You by Clive Myrie, 59, who is tipped to present the election night coverage with Laura Kuenssberg
Myrie referred to the 'unexpected' knighthood given to Egyptian tycoon and Tory donor Mohamed Mansour 'because at no
