Last updated: 1793692924 Share this Watch the moment Andy Burnham fell over playing cricket in an embarrassing gaffe on the world stage. The Prime Minister stumbled over while he rushing between wickets at Pigott cricket ground in Antigua, playing with legend Sir Viv Richards. Mr Burnham had been meeting young cricketers at the ground - and joined in on the fun himself. Nevertheless, after tumbling to the ground, the Prime Minister picked himself up before dashing off again.
"My running between the wickets needs a bit of work," he quipped. The Prime Minister arrived in the Caribbean nation yesterday evening ahead of a key summit with Commonwealth leaders today, just as No10 faces pressure from Labour MPs to apologise for the slave trade. WATCH ABOVE. Keep reading...Show less Follow related topics:
GB News reports a short video of Andy Burnham falling while running between wickets in Antigua. In its own voice it twice calls an ordinary tumble during a friendly game with young cricketers an "embarrassing gaffe", once adding "on the world stage". This is minor, and the facts of the event are otherwise reported accurately.
Uses a loaded word
Minor
“embarrassing gaffe”
Why this matters
The headline calls a fall while running between wickets an "embarrassing gaffe" in GB News's own voice.
The impression it gives
A reader expects a political blunder or a humiliating mistake by the Prime Minister.
The context
The body describes a stumble in a friendly game with young cricketers, which Burnham laughed off. Other outlets report it plainly as a tumble.
The opening line repeats the verdict and adds "on the world stage", turning a slip during a visit to a cricket ground into an international embarrassment.
The impression it gives
A reader takes the fall as a diplomatic embarrassment for Britain.
The context
Burnham was meeting young local cricketers at a charity event and picked himself up. Nothing in the article shows any diplomatic consequence.