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May 12, 2016updated 26 May 2016 10:28am

PM wades in on petition to sack BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg after claims of ‘sexist witch hunt’

By Freddy Mayhew

A petition calling for BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg to be sacked prompted condemnation from the Prime Minister in parliament after it was “hijacked” by “sexist trolls”.

The petition, titled Sack Laura Kuenssberg, was removed from open platform website 38 Degrees on Tuesday afternoon by its author, known only as Joe, despite gaining 33,375 signatures.

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