Jeremy Hunt refuses to back Suella Braverman’s comments on Met Police ‘bias’

Jeremy Hunt refuses to back Suella Braverman's comments on Met Police ‘bias’Source: Sky News

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00:00 Well, several times since 2016 I've had I'm a Celebrity get me out of here from ITV saying

00:06 to me, "Come into the jungle!"

00:08 And they've always offered me really quite substantial sums of money to do so.

00:12 And I've always thought, "No, it's probably not the right thing for me to do."

00:17 And they've been back on the phone this year.

00:19 And you might have seen The Sun put me on the front page, mocked up as if I was there

00:24 already.

00:25 And the Mail are almost certain that I'm going to go.

00:28 Unlike previous years, I am giving it very, very serious consideration.

00:33 Why?

00:34 Well, I'll tell you what, you've got about 10 million young people who watch that programme.

00:40 These are people who don't really watch the news or read newspapers, but they still care

00:45 about the country they live in and about their futures.

00:48 And actually, in many ways, the futures of young people in Britain have been blighted.

00:52 They haven't got the same opportunities that their parents and grandparents had, and they'd

00:56 love to look for solutions.

00:58 So in my mind, if I was to do it, I might be able to connect with that audience, because

01:03 goodness me, they all watch I Am A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.

01:08 There are downsides to doing it as well.

01:11 I haven't absolutely fully made my mind up.

01:15 I'm running a poll as we speak on TikTok, asking people, "Do you think I should do it?

01:20 Do you think I should not do it?"

01:22 But I am in talks contractually, and those talks have been going on for two or three

01:29 days.

01:30 There will be an absolute definitive answer within the next 48 hours.

01:36 There we go.

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