GB News host Andrew Pierce has paid an emotional tribute to Patrick O'Flynn, following his death aged 59.O'Flynn, who worked as political editor of the Daily Express from the 1990s to 2005, was elected as a Ukip MEP for the East of England in 2014.FULL STORY HERE.
00:00Now, some very sad news. A former MEP and journalist and very familiar face here on GB News, Patrick O'Flynn, has died at the age of 59.
00:09Let's talk to GB News political editor Christopher Hope.
00:11Christopher, you and I knew Patrick for many years, a great journalist, a proud out Eurosceptic Brexiteer, died far too young at only 59.
00:22Yeah, that's right, Andrew and Bev. Yeah, Patrick O'Flynn, well known to our viewers and listeners at GB News.
00:30He went to the doctor, we understand, feeling a bit ill a few weeks ago, was told he had advanced stage four liver cancer, was given weeks to live and died yesterday, aged 59.
00:42Huge shock in the building behind me that you'll see me on screen there on one of his many appearances on GB News.
00:48He, of course, was a columnist of The Express for 20 years, who was The Daily Express's political editor, wrote a really searing column of political analysis.
00:58He then became a UKIP MEP, of course, one of Nigel Farage's earlier parties, 2014 to 2019.
01:06Nigel Farage himself has said he's a great journalist, a great thinker, a great patriot, a titan of our joint cause.
01:13On the Conservative side, Boris Johnson said of him, a truly original journalist who grasped the cause of much of our current discontent.
01:21Kemi Badenoch said that Patrick O'Flynn would message her with thoughts on politics that agree on substance, she said, but not an argue over tactics.
01:32And Robert Jenrick, the shadow Justice Secretary, he saw the immigration betrayal and the long shadow it cast, Jenrick said about Patrick O'Flynn.
01:40Great shock, a great reminder on all of us to look after our health, get checked by doctors when you need to, don't wait for it.
01:49But a huge shock here, a great thinker of the right, an important person, the GB News viewers and listeners, and for our political system, died yesterday.
01:58All right, Chris, thanks for that.
02:00Chris Tope talking about Patrick O'Flynn.
02:01I don't know how long, Patrick, 20 years probably, knowing Westminster.
02:05Just one of the nice guys.
02:07Really nice.
02:07I only met him a few times in here in the studio, but was very familiar with his work.
02:12He has a wife, Carol Ann, and a son and a daughter.
02:17So our thoughts and compassion go out to his family today.
02:21And he did nothing in excess.
02:24He wasn't a big boozer or smoker.
02:26He's just very sad.
02:28Yeah, really sad.
02:29Very shocking.
02:29I heard at the weekend he was ill, but didn't know it was going to be so quick.
02:33So rest in peace, Patrick, and our thoughts to the family.
