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SKY News stalwart Adam Boulton shared a tweet branding four of his colleagues “morons” for breaching Covid rules at Kay Burley’s 60th.
Political editor Beth Rigby, correspondent Inzamam Rashid and host Sam Washington have been taken off air pending an internal probe following presenter Burley ’s party in Tier 2 London on Saturday.
Boulton, 61, retweeted the message from a viewer, which read: “The morons spent all summer preaching to us and now look at them!”
Burley has said she will not front Sky News in the coming weeks due to a pre- planned h o l i d ay, a f t e r a d mi tt i n g breaking safety rules.
The TV host, who turns 60 on December 17, described the breach as “an error of judgment”.
Amid speculation over whether she would return to work before next year, she shared a video from a safari trip and wrote: “Lovely people, whatever else you read be safe in the knowledge I was always heading to my beloved Africa on Friday to sit with lions. They kill for food not sport.”
K a y a n d n i n e others reportedly p a r t i e d a t a club and a private restaurant, before four went back to her home.
Ti er 2 re stri cti ons mean people are not allowed to socialise indoors with anyone from outside their household or support bubble.
Burley had explained in a tweet. She wrote: “I want to apologise for an error of j udgment. On Saturday night I was enjoying my 60th b i r t h d a y a t a C o v i d compliant restaurant.
“I am embarrassed to say later in the evening I inadvertently broke the rules. I had been waiting for a taxi to get home. Desperate for the loo I popped in another restaurant to spend a penny. I can only apologise.”
Burl ey hosts a dai l y breakfast show on Sky News and i n May she question ed Mi c h a e l G o v e o v e r D o mi n i c Cummings’ trip to Barnard Castle.
A Sky News spokesman said: “We were disappointed that a small number of staff may have engaged in activity that breached the guidelines.
“Although this took place at a social event i n personal time, we expect all our people
to follow the rules.”
We expect all our people to follow the rules
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