BBC newsreader Tim Willcox refers to "budget shit" during US crisis live on air
A BBC newsreader’s slip of the tongue saw him refer to 'this budget s***' by mistake last night.
Tim Willcox was talking about the US Army chief of staff’s comments that the Government shutdown was badly damaging day-to-day operations and a rapid resolution to the funding row must be found.
The 50-year-old presenter, who was on the BBC News Channel just before 4.30pm yesterday with co-host Emily Maitlis, 43, said: ‘Let’s get more now on the U.S. budget shit"