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Sky News host Rita Panahi reacts to a BBC journalist being humbled by Guyanas President Irfaan Ali when questioned about carbon emissions. The President hit out at BBC journalist Stephen Sackur after being asked if the country planned to extract oil and gas along its coast. He went on to criticise the journalist for trying to lecture the country on climate change when its forest stores 19.5 Gigatons of carbon. Fancy berating the leader of a country with the fastest growing economy in the world, the arrogance, the smug, sanctimonious arrogance of the BBC, Ms Panahi said. Why shouldnt a relatively poor South American nation enrich itself and its citizens via fossil fuels? Just like every other advanced economy has done. Read More Our Apps

Lefties losing it: BBC journalist ‘humbled’ by Guyana’s President on climate change

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