Richard Tice has accused the BBC of \u201cbias and hate\u201d against him after the broadcaster went to his constituency and spoke to people. <\/p>\n
This week, it was announced that Tice would be investigated by the parliamentary standards watchdog for failing to declare an interest when talking about Israel in a Westminster Hall debate.<\/p>\n
Tice spoke in a Commons debate on June 22 about Israeli influence but did not mention that he had been on a trip to Israel in September 2025, funded by a pro-Israel lobbying group.<\/p>\n
The trip has been listed in Richard Tice\u2019s\u00a0Declaration of Members\u2019 Interests.<\/a><\/p>\n Now, it\u2019s safe to say Reform\u2019s deputy leader hasn\u2019t responded too well to this news, claiming it\u2019s an example of the \u2018establishment\u2019 trying to take down his party. <\/p>\n READ NEXT: Reform\u2019s Laila Cunningham reminded about basics of international law by Victoria Derbyshire<\/a><\/p>\n Really, this is in fact another example of Reform believing they should not receive the same scrutiny that every other party and politician does. <\/p>\n Along with criticising the investigation, Tice has also taken aim at the BBC \u2013 but it\u2019s difficult to see what he\u2019s angry about. <\/p>\n On Tuesday evening, the Boston and Skegness MP shared a piece from BBC Look North in which a journalist went to Tice\u2019s consituency to ask people there if the investigation into their MP had affected their view of him. <\/p>\n There was no attempt to doorstop Tice and the overwhelming majority of response were positive about the politician, with most saying they weren\u2019t bothered by the parliamentary standards investigation. <\/p>\n Despite this, Tice has flown off the handle about the segment. <\/p>\n In a post on X, he said: \u201c[The] BBC hate Reform & me so much, they sent camera crew today to my constituency post absurd investigation news yesterday.<\/p>\n \u201cLooked for voters who have turned against me, couldn\u2019t find any.<\/p>\n Why should we pay licence fee for their bias & hate,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n BBC hate Reform & me so much, they sent camera crew today to my constituency post absurd investigation news yesterday<\/p>\n Looked for voters who have turned against me<\/p>\n Couldn\u2019t find any \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\ud83e\ude75\ud83e\ude75<\/p>\n Why should we pay licence fee for their bias & hate ? <\/p>\n BBC needs reform pic.twitter.com\/i4SkaAWtLn<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Richard Tice MP \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@TiceRichard) August 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n In a statement to Look North, Tice outrageously claimed the BBC were on a \u201cpolitically-motivated smear campaign to discredit me.\u201d<\/p>\n He said the piece was \u201cclearly aimed at continuing that campaign,\u201d before outrageously claiming \u201crapists and murderers get more privacy and legal protection than the BBC have afforded me.\u201d<\/p>\n Tice added that his lawyers \u201care in touch with the BBC legal team.\u201d<\/p>\n Reacting to Tice\u2019s rage, many couldn\u2019t work out what he was angry about. The BBC News package was an entirely legitimate piece of journalism, asking an MP\u2019s constituents for their views on an investigation into him. <\/p>\n One person said it was \u201cplaying the Trump playbook,\u201d but we\u2019re not even sure Trump would find anything to get angry about from this piece. <\/p>\n Tice appears to be playing the Trump playbook<\/p>\n Journalists are not allowed to do their job\u2026. journalists are not allowed to see if investigation impacts voters. “BBC hate Reform & me so much, they sent camera crew today to my\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 dave lawrence \ud83d\udc1f\ud83d\udc1f\ud83d\udc20 (@dave43law) August 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Political commentator and broadcaster Matthew Stadlen asked Tice how he could accuse of the BBC of bias against him when the responses included were so overwhelmingly in his favour.<\/p>\n How can you accuse the BBC of bias when they didn\u2019t include a single negative vox pop about you, Richard? \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n \u2014 Matthew Stadlen (@MatthewStadlen) August 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Several other struggled to work out what Tice was so apoplectic about. <\/p>\n So they spoke to some of your constituents and they broadcast their views. If the BBC hate you as you claim they wouldn’t have broadcast these vox pops.<\/p>\n As I am of your constituents it’s a shame I wasn’t in Boston town centre today as I would have given a very different view.<\/p>\n \u2014 I Fought The Door (@IFoughtTheDoor) August 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n JFC \u2014 Capman #FBPE (@Euro_toff) August 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Even the most soft-ball level of scrutiny possible sends Reform politicians into a rage. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
He (and Reform) are not to be questioned.<\/p>\n
If you think that is bias when most of the people the BBC interviewed spoke in your favour shows how weak and thin skinned you are and all your future allegations against the media will now go into the Boy who cried wolf file
Moron<\/p>\n