Overview

• More than 1,200 viewers complained and a Good Law Project petition with over 70,000 signatures has driven management to warn the show could be taken off air within two weeks
• Comedian Josh Howie’s remark that the LGBTQ+ community “includes paedos” during a segment on Headliners provoked the backlash
• Ofcom has opened a formal investigation into the broadcast to assess potential breaches of its content standards
• GB News won a High Court challenge in February that quashed a previous impartiality ruling and is now contesting the latest fine
• Presenters Lewis Schaffer and host Leo Kearse publicly signalled uncertainty about the programme’s future while GB News declined to comment on a final decision