EMILY Maitlis was replaced on Newsnight after breaching the BBC's impartiality guidelines.
The reporter's spot was tonight filled by Katie Razzall after she tore into Dominic Cummings yesterday and stated as fact he had "broken the lockdown rules”.
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The BBC was forced to apologise this afternoon after the reporter slammed the PM's top aide for driving 260 miles from London to County Durham with his family.
As viewers wondered why Ms Maitlis wasn't on the show this evening for her usual stint as host, Ms Razzall tonight tweeted: "Just for the record, Emily @maitlis has not been asked by the BBC to take tonight off - and if I thought she had been, I certainly wouldn’t have agreed to present the show."
She did not address Ms Maitlis' absence as she opened the programme this evening.
During last night's Newsnight Ms Maitlis blasted Boris Johnson's "blind loyalty" after the PM backed his chief advisor over the row.
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And today a statement from the broadcaster on Twitter said: "The BBC must uphold the highest standards of due impartiality in its news output.
"We've reviewed the entirety of last night's Newsnight, including the opening section, and while we believe the programme contained fair, reasonable and rigorous journalism, we feel that we should have done more to make clear the introduction was a summary of the questions we would examine, with all the accompanying evidence, in the rest of the programme.
"As it was, we believe the introduction we broadcast did not meet our standards of due impartiality.
"Our staff have been reminded of the guidelines."
In a scathing monologue on last night's show, Ms Maitlis insisted Mr Cummings was in the wrong, despite the Vote Leave organiser insisting he had followed the rules.
Her comments sparked an impartiality row, before the Beeb apologised and admitted they didn't meet standards.
She had said: “Dominic Cummings broke the rules, the country can see that, and it's shocking the Government cannot.
“He should understand that public mood now. One of fury, contempt and anguish.
"He made those who struggled to keep to the rules feel like fools, and has allowed many more to assume they can now flout them.
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"The Prime Minister knows all this, but despite the resignation of one minister, growing unease from his backbenchers, a dramatic early warning from the polls, and a deep national disquiet, Boris Johnson has chosen to ignore it.
"Tonight we consider what this blind loyalty tells us about the workings of Number 10."
Tory grandee Iain Duncan Smith slammed her comments, and warned it was not the job of presenters to offer a personal opinion.
He told The Sun: “It’s quite wrong of an interviewer to express their own views using a platform they have been fortunate to get.
“The charter is very clear that the BBC is not to express its own personal opinions.”
Tory MP Michael Fabricant said: "The BBC is supposed to present news in an unbiased way without a personal commentary.
"Newsnight is meant to do just that: present news and interviews. Not the personal views of its presenters.
"The BBC seems to be losing all its values as a national public broadcaster."
Former Labour MP and Brexiteer Kate Hoey added: "Understand that the BBC is being inundated with complaints about Emily Maitlis and Newsnight from last night.
"I have also put in a complaint and am sure many many more will #bbcbias".
The comments also prompted a backlash from the public on social media.
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One wrote: “What a totally disgraceful speech from Emily Maitlis and the BBC Newsnight editorial team.
“Ofcom need to step in because the BBC are clearly breaking their own charter. This in nasty and not at all unbiased or impartial."
Another said: “This is a presenter's opinion and using her position to give her viewpoint. We deserve as taxpayers to have impartial broadcasters.”
Ofcom confirmed to The Sun they had received six complaints over the speech.
Boris Johnson has so far refused to sack Mr Cummings despite a Tory civil war breaking out.
The PM again stood by his chief aide who is accused of twice breaking lockdown rules to travel with his family.
A press conference on Monday by Mr Cummings giving his side of the story failed to quell anger. Scotland Office minister Douglas Ross resigned in protest.
Almost 40 backbench Tory MPs have also publicly called for the Vote Leave guru to step down.
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Some have been spooked by polls showing the PM’s approval rating has plummeted by 20 per cent and that more than half of the public think Mr Cummings should quit.
A Savanta ComRes poll shows Mr Johnson’s rating has dropped to minus one.
The Government’s approval is down by 16 per cent.
And a YouGov poll shows 71 per cent of Brits say Mr Cummings did break lockdown and 59 per cent think he should resign.
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