Dan Wootton has left GB News to launch his own “independent platform”, the presenter has announced in a statement.
He posted on X: “I have left GB News to launch my own independent platform Dan Wootton Outspoken which will feature a brand new daily news and opinion show from later this year that will NOT be regulated by the Ofcommunist censors.
“Free speech in Britain is in peril!”
The 40-year-old also described Ofcom as “a muzzle that bows to the woke mob” and called for the regulator to be “summoned in by this supposedly Conservative government to be reined in”.
He did not provide further details of his plans, but a website appears to have been set up by the presenter offering a range of paid subscriptions for his “Outspoken” platform.
They include a £150 per year “founding member” plan offering group Zoom calls with Wootton, “subscriber-only posts” and the opportunity to “communicate directly with Dan at any time”.
In a note sent to staff by GB News on Tuesday, the broadcaster confirmed: “Dan is no longer employed by GB News, and we thank him for his contribution and wish him well with his future endeavours.”
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Wootton’s time at the broadcaster was marked by controversy after he failed to condemn Laurence Fox last year, then a guest on his show, for making derogatory comments about political correspondent Ava Evans.
The Metropolitan Police announced last month it would take no further action against Wootton after a five-month investigation into separate allegations against him.
At the time the claims surfaced, in articles in The Byline Times, the presenter admitted making some “errors of judgement” but always denied any criminality.
In a statement issued by his lawyer in February, he said: “I have now been completely cleared in two investigations by the Metropolitan and Scottish police, who have confirmed they will be taking no further action.
“While I knew this would always be the outcome, the process is now the punishment, with social media acting as the executioner.”
Sky News has contacted Ofcom for comment.
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