GB News viewers witnessed a surprise presenter swap halfway through Tuesday’s Good Afternoon Britain programme as Dawn Neesom left the show mid-broadcast joking “I have had enough”.
The shakeup occurred whilst the panel was discussing Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s recent policy announcements.
Dawn’s sudden departure made way for regular host Emily Carver, who joined host Tom Harwood in the studio to continue the programme.
Speaking to viewers, Dawn said: “I’m going. Yeah. Every time we’ve been talking about Nigel Farage and the triple lock on pensions. I’ve had enough of the way you look at me.”
She added: “He literally looks at me when he says pensioners might be suffering. So, I’m sorry I am off.”
Laughing, Tom Harwood said: “Well, the reason, the reason you’re off, Dawn, isn’t because we don’t love you. Because we do. But it’s because Emily Carver has now joined us in the studio.”
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Emily said: “Oh, yeah. I have come in to rudely. Boot you out of the studio.
Dawn added: “Speaking of Nigel Farage, you are doing your bit by having more babies.”
The remark referenced the ongoing discussion about Farage’s recent policy announcements, which had been the focus of the programme before the presenter change.
The Reform UK leader made a speech in central London earlier on Tuesday, where he confirmed Reform UK would back scrapping the two-child benefit cap introduced by the Conservatives in 2017.
Farage stated his party wanted to lift the cap “not because we support a benefits culture, but because we believe for lower paid workers this actually makes having children just a little bit easier for them.”
The Reform UK leader emphasised the policy was aimed at British families, not “people that had moved from overseas and chosen to have children in the UK.”
During his speech, Farage also advocated for a transferable tax allowance for married couples as part of Reform’s focus on families, stating: “We want to go much, much further to encourage people to have children – to make it easier for them to have children.”
Additionally, he pledged to reverse the government’s cuts to winter fuel payments, which had affected 10 million pensioners.
These policy announcements form part of what Farage described as Reform UK’s commitment to three key principles: “family, community, and country.”
Farage’s announcements come as Labour faces scrutiny over its own position on the two-child cap.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson recently hinted the government may reconsider the policy, telling the BBC that “nothing is off the table” as part of efforts to tackle child poverty.