Doctor accuses Beeb of 'fear' after sacking for taking on the Tories
Sacked: Phil Hammond
DOCTOR and radio presenter Phil Hammond was sacked by the BBC today for planning to stand against arch-Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg at the next election.
Dr Hammond accused Auntie of “fear” after it pulled his weekly Saturday Surgery show from BBC Radio Bristol, saying he was “very sad and a little puzzled” by the move.
On Tuesday evening, the doctor said he had been endorsed by the National Health Action Party (NHA) as a prospective parliamentary candidate in his home constituency of North East Somerset.
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