Richard Tice has accused the BBC of “bias and hate” against him after the broadcaster went to his constituency and spoke to people.
This week, it was announced that Tice would be investigated by the parliamentary standards watchdog for failing to declare an interest when talking about Israel in a Westminster Hall debate.
Tice spoke in a Commons debate on June 22 about Israeli influence but did not mention that he had been on a trip to Israel in September 2025, funded by a pro-Israel lobbying group.
The trip has been listed in Richard Tice’s Declaration of Members’ Interests.
Now, it’s safe to say Reform’s deputy leader hasn’t responded too well to this news, claiming it’s an example of the ‘establishment’ trying to take down his party.
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Really, this is in fact another example of Reform believing they should not receive the same scrutiny that every other party and politician does.
Along with criticising the investigation, Tice has also taken aim at the BBC – but it’s difficult to see what he’s angry about.
On Tuesday evening, the Boston and Skegness MP shared a piece from BBC Look North in which a journalist went to Tice’s consituency to ask people there if the investigation into their MP had affected their view of him.
There was no attempt to doorstop Tice and the overwhelming majority of response were positive about the politician, with most saying they weren’t bothered by the parliamentary standards investigation.
Despite this, Tice has flown off the handle about the segment.
In a post on X, he said: “[The] BBC hate Reform & me so much, they sent camera crew today to my constituency post absurd investigation news yesterday.
“Looked for voters who have turned against me, couldn’t find any.
Why should we pay licence fee for their bias & hate,” he added.
In a statement to Look North, Tice outrageously claimed the BBC were on a “politically-motivated smear campaign to discredit me.”
He said the piece was “clearly aimed at continuing that campaign,” before outrageously claiming “rapists and murderers get more privacy and legal protection than the BBC have afforded me.”
Tice added that his lawyers “are in touch with the BBC legal team.”
Reacting to Tice’s rage, many couldn’t work out what he was angry about. The BBC News package was an entirely legitimate piece of journalism, asking an MP’s constituents for their views on an investigation into him.
One person said it was “playing the Trump playbook,” but we’re not even sure Trump would find anything to get angry about from this piece.
Political commentator and broadcaster Matthew Stadlen asked Tice how he could accuse of the BBC of bias against him when the responses included were so overwhelmingly in his favour.
Several other struggled to work out what Tice was so apoplectic about.
Even the most soft-ball level of scrutiny possible sends Reform politicians into a rage.