LBC host SLAMS UKIP’s Elizabeth Jones during car crash interview
Iain Dale repeatedly told Elizabeth Jones that she was “talking rubbish” after she seemingly “imploded” during the live interview on LBC. Amused social media users described the exchange, in which Mr Dale threatened to cut off, after she refused to stop yelling at the host, as “spectacular” and “embarrassing”. Ukip officials have been in demand after Mike Hookem was accused of pushing Mr Woolfe during an “altercation” during a meeting to discuss the party’s leadership crisis at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Mr Hookem denied reports that he punched his colleague in the face and insisted the spat was simply a “verbal altercation”.
LBC · TWITTER Iain Dale and Elizabeth Jones clashed during a bizarre interview on LBC
You're talking rubbish Iain Dale
While discussing the event with Mr Dale, Ms Jones seemingly lost her cool and went on an incessant rant suggesting ex-Labour MP Eric Joyce would “head butt, punch and kick” throughout his political career. She said: “Physical altercations between politicians are not unheard of. “Let’s not forget Labour Party’s fist of fury Eric Joyce and the number of people he’s headbutted, punched, dragged and kicked.” Mr Dale swiftly interjects demanding that he is the one “asking the questions”.
LBC The presenter threatened to terminate the interview after she started yelling at him
The Ukip official then bizarrely begins to shout random words and noises while the presenter is trying to gain control of the interview. She continues to bring up mentions of physical altercation between politicians while a bemused Mr Dale waits for his opportunity to change the questioning. Ms Jones then announced she was against physical violence but similar events in politics were not “unprecedented”. In reply, Mr Dale said: “It is totally unprecedented for two people from the same party to engage in a punch-up like this.”
TWITTER The Ukip official repeatedly brought up ex-Labour MP Eric Joyce throughout the exchange
Ms Jones added: “It is because you’re trying to suggest it is a unique…” After mentioning Eric Joyce once again, Mr Dale threatens to “end the interview” because Ms Jones was “talking rubbish”. Tweeting after the interview, Mr Dale wrote: “This is me trying to interview Ukip’s Elizabeth Jones. “I nearly ended by asking her if she’d ever considered paying for some media training.”