British TV hosts appeared baffled during the only remaining live coverage of the July 12th parades – with one commentator branding the annual event “sectarian”.

The comments came during the broadcaster’s annual Twelfth coverage on Saturday, which it has covered for the last four years since the BBC axed the live event due to low viewer numbers.

GB News hosts Charlie Peters and Nana Akua were joined by former Labour Party advisor Scarlett McGwire and UK-based journalist Candice Holdsworth in the London studio while former First Minister Arlene Foster covered the parades from Coleraine.

Ms Foster’s knowledge of events stood in stark contrast to her colleagues in London who appeared at times bewildered by the annual display of ‘Britishness’ – with former Labour advisor Scarlett McGwire describing the event as sectarian.

“I think we have to understand that it is a sectarian celebration. While the Protestants—the majority in Northern Ireland—are very, very happy with it, actually the celebrations have been used… I mean, it used to be the marching season and there was always—there was terrible violence,“ she said.

“Now, a lot of the violence in Northern Ireland, because of the peace deal, thank goodness, has gone. But it’s still sectarian. I mean, it’s remembering, you know, a battle many years ago.

“I’d like to say that my great-great-great whatever grandfather, who was head of the Maguire clan, was hung, drawn and quartered by Cromwell’s people. And my dad always remembered it.

“What I’m saying is that we have to understand that while it’s a celebration—and it’s really, really important that it goes on, right? I’m not trying to ban it—it is sectarian. And many people in Northern Ireland have found July the 12th very frightening.”

Her comments came before the show’s host Nana Akua laughed while wearing a bright green dress, as she said she had been told she was “wearing the wrong type of green”

“Just for anybody out there before I get stick for it, apologies for wearing the wrong kind of green. It’s my favourite colour—green, any shade—but if this is the wrong one, apologies.” she said.

Speaking about the The Troubles, she added: “I remember that, because I was around at that time—you know, I can remember when there was all the IRA and the Real IRA.

Then you had—uh, is it Gerry Adams?—and there was a voice over his voice because he wasn’t allowed to speak. It was all very, very odd.”

Meanwhile, London-based journalist Candice Holdsworth admitted that many people in the UK have little understanding or interest in the 12th of July.

When asked if she thought people in Britain understood what the Twelfth was about, she said: “I don’t. I think that this history, to a lot of people—I mean, we just don’t know it. So many of us here on the mainland know very little about it, and I think it’s important to learn more.”