28 January 2016

Watch: Newsnight presenter Evan Davis calls shadow foreign secretary “Hilary Big Ben“

BONG goes the gaffe bell.

BBC Newsnight presenter Evan Davis accidentally gave the shadow foreign secretary a porn name last night:

Sorry @evanhd , you did say “Hilary Big Ben” #newsnight https://t.co/kY3c8iBjqr

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) January 27, 2016

“A little earlier I spoke to Hilary Big Ben,” he said, later apologising for the slip over Twitter:

@EvanHD don’t fret Evan – it made me laugh!

— Hilary Benn (@hilarybennmp) January 27, 2016

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