Channel 4 fans react as Nadine Dorries accuses Alistair Campbell of 'sexist' comment

Viewers who tuned into the Channel 4 General Election coverage watched Nadine Dorries rage at Alistair Campbell after he said that she needed to "get over Boris Johnson."

Channel 4 presenters Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Emily Maitlis are leading the coverage of the General Election throughout the night and into the early hours.

They were joined by The Rest Is Politics podcast hosts Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart, as well as Conservative former Chancellors Kwasi Kwarteng and Nadhim Zahawi, Labour's Harriet Harman, ex-Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable, the SNP's Mhairi Black.

Nadine Dorries also made an appearance on the panel. As the exit poll results came through, it has predicted a landslide victory for the Labour Party.

However, she accused Alastair Campbell of being "sexist" after he made a comment to her. He said: "You've really got to get over Boris Johnson, Nadine".

Nadine replied: "I find that quite offensive, actually. That's sexist."

Many Channel 4 viewers couldn't help but react to the comment. One fan said: "I’ve got #channel4 and #BBC on at the same time and I’m sorry but our Nads getting ripped into by Alistair Campbell is brilliant #Elections2024."

A second person chimed in: "@campbellclaret going for the jugular there saying that Dorries needs to get over Boris Johnson! Dead!"

A third person also said: "20 minutes into C4’s coverage and Alistair Campbell is telling Nadine Dorries to get over Boris Johnson & she’s accused him of making a sexist comment, long night ahead."

After six weeks of campaigns, the General Election has finally come around and saw the UK going to the polling booths to place their votes.

With Rishi Sunak for the Conservatives, Sir Keir Starmer for Labour, Ed Davey for the Liberal Democrats, Richard Tice for Reform UK and Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay for the Green Party, this is the UK's first general election that requires people to bring photo ID to the polling booth.