GB News reporter targeted at pro-Palestine protest as megaphone used to 'drown him out'

A pro-Palestine protester was left gobsmacked after accusing GB News reporter Alex Armstrong of being "far-right". The tense on-screen exchange left the protester red-faced when he was unable to explain the definition of the term.

The incident took place at a pro-Palestine protest just two days after a terrorist attack on a Manchester synagogue. When he was asked by the presenter why he was being branded as "far-right", the protester carefully dodged the question. He simply repeated: "I don't need to prove it because you know it" and failed to answer the question.

At one point, a man played a siren through a megaphone into Alex's microphone, drowning out his words. But the 33-year-old presenter remained calm as he replied: "It's free speech in this country, you just don't like free speech."

The protester then claimed the journalist was "not even a journalist," insisting: "Darling, I could be a better journalist than you." Unfazed, Alex pressed again: "Alright, can you define far-right?" But the protester simply replied, "I don't need to define something to you."

Later on in the show, Alex said: "I'm not going to be cowed by some intimidatory acts by the far-left, and neither is it going to stop me from doing my job. If they think their comments get under my skin, trust me, I've had far, far worse than that thrown at me.

"As you, many of you at home, probably have seen on this channel, the whole reason GB News goes to these protests is to hear from real people, no matter their politics. This is what fearless journalism is all about."

The demonstration comes after the heightened tensions following the recent attack at a synagogue in Manchester, where two people were killed. In addition to the two fatalities, three others remain in the hospital with serious injuries following the incident, which took place on Yom Kippur, Judaism's holiest day of the year.

The attacker, who was shot dead at the scene, was confirmed to be 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent. Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson said the only shots fired outside the synagogue came from armed officers, as Al-Shamie himself was unarmed.

In a statement released on Friday (October 3), Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Rabbi Daniel Walker, its president Hilary Focler and chairman of trustees Alan Levy, described the terror attack as a "desecration". It is understood that police are still no closer to providing a conclusive motive behind the attack.