“That’s not in print this morning, it’s not being said by the BBC,” he said. “Diane, you need to answer my questions instead of making new allegations. The BBC then removed the program from its BBC Sounds news service on Sunday evening.
The comments were later dropped by the BBC
“For editorial reasons, we are editing today’s episode of Broadcasting House,” a spokesperson said in a statement. “We are working to make it available to listeners as soon as possible.” By Sunday night, the episode had been uploaded to include the majority of Mrs Abbott’s interview but omit her comments about the Prime Minister. Elsewhere in her remarks on the show, Ms Abbott praised the increase in “transparency” in reporting allegations of sexual harassment. He said the fact that complaints were made to parliamentary authorities represented progress from a few decades ago, when he said male staff would be far less likely to contact the Whips’ Office. Downing Street declined to comment. The Labor Party and Diane Abbott were approached for comment.
