BBC takes Martine Croxall off air for potential breach of impartiality over Johnson

Presenter of news programme The Papers said she was ‘gleeful’ after Boris Johnson pulled out of leadership race

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The BBC News presenter Martine Croxall has been taken off air after a potential breach of impartiality during Sunday night’s edition of The Papers, it is understood.

During her introduction to the programme, which started at 10.30pm on Sunday, about 90 minutes after Boris Johnson pulled out of the Tory leadership race, Croxall said: “Well this is all very exciting, isn’t it?” adding: “Am I allowed to be this gleeful? Well I am.”

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