Faithful Brexiteer Sir John Redwood raged on the BBC claim broadcaster is concentrating talks surrounding Boris Johnson’s firing on blow-down Brexit and improving relations with the EU.
The prime minister announced on Thursday that he was stepping down from his post after endured several cabinet resignations in recent weeks.
Johnson said he would stay on until October as the Conservative Party decide who would be the best successor to him.
But as media talks about Johnson’s possible successor mounted, the BBC has been accused of giving too much weight to anti-Brexit votes.
Sir John said: “The BBC’s line on the leadership election revolves around Brexit.
“They give a lot of weight to interviewees who want to prevent us from taking control of our VAT and Northern Ireland trade and give in to any demands from the EU to ‘improve’ relations with our neighbours.”
Sir John, Tory MP for Wokingham, had already leveled accusations of bias against the BBC – claiming the company “resolutely accepts” the European Union’s “bad actions”.
Earlier this week he tweeted: “The BBC asks Labor why they won’t re-enter the EU’s single market, but refuse to challenge them on how they think the EU can be persuaded to accept its extreme interpretation of the NI protocol to change.
“As always, the BBC firmly accepts the bad actions of the EU.”
Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer outlined his approach to the EU in a keynote speech delivered Monday, in which he insisted he did not want to reopen old arguments.
During a round of broadcast interviews, he then told the BBC: “I want to make Brexit work. We want to move forward, not backward.
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She told BBC Breakfast: “I think that would be the last thing the country wants to see. We have had so many divisions since 2016. I think the last thing Keir Starmer definitely wants to do is revisit that.
“But we do think that because the Conservatives have this way of dealing with problems, which is what it’s all about, if we have to create a fight to get political support within our party, we will.
“They’re taking that approach to things like Northern Ireland and we think that’s irresponsible and we want these issues to be resolved.”
Express.co.uk has contacted the BBC for comment.