Sky News reporter ejected from campaign launch as Rishi Sunak sets general election date

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Sky News journalist Darren McCaffrey was escorted out of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's election campaign launch, just moments after the Conservative party leader had unveiled the date for the next general election.

For months now, the nation has been on tenterhooks about the potential date of the next general election, but the public finally got their answer on Wednesday, when Rishi confirmed it would take place on July 4 - just six weeks from now.

However, the buzz was somewhat overshadowed when live footage a short while later, showed Darren and his crew being removed from London's ExCel Centre just moments before Rishi staged an event to kick off his own campaign for re-election as the Conservative candidate.The political correspondent explained to viewers that access had been restricted due to "pooled" broadcast arrangements, which meant that only certain broadcasters could film and others would have to use shared footage.

Despite the commotion, McCaffrey continued to report live while being led out, giving audiences a play-by-play: "What we are trying to film is the campaign event where the Prime Minister is due to speak in the next couple of minutes, is in front of Conservative activists, is effectively trying to get across the message that we had in Downing Street today from the Prime Minister talking about stability, I am sure he is going to talk about the decision he has made." As he was being escorted out, Darren shared his side of the story: "But, as you can see, we don't have access to it.