Were Ofcom to take each complaint in turn, the plus-60,000 would be a record, beating the 55,000 who complained over Piers Morgan’s infamous Good Morning Britain rant, during which he questioned Meghan Markle’s claim that her time living with the royal family had left her feeling suicidal.

It comes after presenter Josh Howie made comments about the LGBT community on his show Headliners.

The Good Law Project has also launched a petition following Howie’s comments and is gathering signatures to send as a complaint to Ofcom.

GB News has broken its silence following Josh Howie's comments about the LGBT community on his show, Headliners.

Record complaints have reportedly been made to Ofcom over a GB News host's claim that "full inclusion" of LGBTQ+ people "includes paedos".

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