Health Secretary Wes Streeting today revealed how security guards were ‘having a tough time’ as someone tried to interrupt his live radio interview.
The Cabinet minister was forced to break off from speaking to Times Radio about Labour‘s local elections results to explain why there was the sound of a commotion.
‘The poor security guards are having a tough time with someone off camera,’ he said.
The Labour MP was speaking from outside the BBC‘s Broadcasting House, where he had earlier appeared on the Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme.
Pictures later emerged of security staff dealing with a man near the central London building.
Times Radio presenter Adam Boulton had acknowledged how the sound of someone yelling was becoming more audible during his interview with Mr Streeting.
‘Sorry you’re being shouted at,’ he told the politician during a discussion about England’s council contests on Thursday.
The recent elections saw Labour lose nearly 200 council seats as both they and the Tories faced a surge in support for Reform UK across the country.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting revealed how security guards were ‘having a tough time’ as someone tried to interrupt his live radio interview
Pictures later emerged of security staff dealing with a man outside the BBC’s Broadcasting House in central London
Times Radio presenter Adam Boulton had acknowledged how the sound of someone yelling was becoming more audible during his interview with Mr Streeting
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer suffered a double blow as Labour also lost a parliamentary by-election in Runcorn and Helsby to Nigel Farage’s outfit.
In his interview with Times Radio, Mr Streeting echoed the PM by saying Labour had to go ‘further and faster’ in delivering for voters ahead of the next general election.
He said: ‘I’d just ask people to bear in mind we have been in Government for less than a year.
‘We have made a lot of progress in that time, but there is much more to do. So I’d ask people to give us the benefit of the doubt and give us time to implement our manifesto.’
Mr Streeting drew a parallel with the Labor Party in Australia, who this weekend celebrated an historic landslide victory to be re-elected to power.
‘Our friends Down Under were having exactly the same experience as they were approaching mid-term in their government, where they were delivering their manifesto (but) people hadn’t actually felt the change yet,’ the Health Secretary said.
‘And the Australian Labor Party was having a difficult time in the polls… I’m not surprised by that and I think we’ll have a similar experience here.’
A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said the force had no involvement in the incident at Broadcasting House. The BBC did not comment.
