Now Carol Vorderman goes to war with Laura Kuenssberg: Ex-Countdown host says the BBC politics presenter should be dropped for Victoria Derbyshire - after she sparked fury over 'opinionated' and 'rude' interview with Ed Davey

Carol Vorderman has gone to warfare with Laura Kuenssberg and demanded the BBC authorities presenter is replaced by Victoria Derbyshire aft she sparked fury with her 'opinionated' and 'rude' interrogation with Ed Davey.

Kuenssberg is facing a backlash and has been accused of 'bias' aft her grilling of  the Lib Dem leader implicit the weekend, with radical connected societal media branding her instauration of the MP arsenic 'disgraceful'. 

And present Countdown prima Vorderman has waded into the enactment and hinted that Kuenssberg should beryllium swapped retired with Newsnight big Derbyshire, 55 - arsenic she branded the 47-year-old's instauration of Sir Ed 'quite extraordinary'.  

Opening her interview, Kuenssberg said: 'This election made past for each sorts of reasons, and erstwhile you enactment the votes together, the smaller parties got their highest ever stock of the votes.

'Maybe it was the bungee jumping, oregon possibly fixed that the Liberal Democrats privation to alteration the voting system, ironically possibly they conscionable learned however to play it amended by ruthlessly targeting seats wherever the Conservatives had held them.'

As a video showing Mr Davey celebrating his predetermination success, Kuenssberg continued: 'Well determination helium is, Ed Davey, the happiest antheral successful Britain, helium looked similar there, celebrating winning much than 70 seats, and helium joins america this greeting from southbound westbound London.

'Ed Davey, congratulations, I suppose, connected your much than 70 seats.'

However, it was the seasoned governmental journalist's usage of the operation 'I suppose' successful the instauration which sparked outrage online - with galore demanding the BBC sacked Kuenssberg.  

Joining the backlash, erstwhile Countdown prima Vorderman, 63, appeared to telephone connected the BBC to drop Kuenssberg from her governmental amusement and regenerate her with seasoned presenter, Victoria Derbyshire.

'Time for #bbclaurak to go #bbcVictoriaD don't you think? @vicderbyshire Quite extraordinary,' she wrote connected X, adding: 'Vic D is exceptional and gives them each a hard clip if that is what's needed. She knows her item and cuts done with immoderate bias. BBC is fortunate to person her.'

Others connected societal media lashed retired astatine however Kuenssberg delivered her instauration of the Lib Dem leader.

'Is it conscionable maine oregon is it clip that Laura Kuenssberg was dropped? She's acold excessively opinionated and often downright rude,' wrote 1 user, portion different said: 'When she said, 'Congratulations, I suppose' I physically jumped. The BBC needs to look intimately astatine her performance. She is not employed to enactment her ain sentiment forward.' 

Another added: 'Laura Kuenssberg is often criticised, often unfairly, for her perceived partisanship. But, past this - coming retired with specified ungracious & begrudging acknowledgement of Ed Davey's predetermination success.'

While a 4th wrote: 'Absolutely disgraceful from #LauraKuenssberg … she's practically snarling arsenic she says 'Ed Davey, congratulations -I suppose' … get escaped of her @BBCPolitics.' 

'Laura Kuenssberg thinks belittling idiosyncratic who brought a grin to our faces during this predetermination makes her clever! It doesn't,' tweeted different viewer.

'She is ignorant and is wholly lacking integrity. Her cognition says acold much astir her than it does astir Ed Davey who has faced and flooded acold more.'

'Laura Kuenssberg's diabolic instauration to her interrogation with Ed Davey. No spoilers. Wait until the end. It's worthy it,' wrote writer @edwinhayward alongside a clip of the exchange.

In the video, Sir Ed appeared unfazed by the remarks during his interrogation with Kuenssberg 

When approached by the MailOnline astir the backlash against Kuenssberg, the BBC declined to comment.  

MailOnline has approached Kuenssberg for comment. 

Arch-cheerleader Vorderman was among the smug Left-wing luvvies to gloat astir the Tories' crushing predetermination decision past week. 

Arch-cheerleader Carol Vorderman led celebrations connected societal media alongside a slew of celebrities who each wanted their infinitesimal successful the limelight aft Labour's landslide. 

She has go well-known for her anti-Tory tirades connected societal media - having antecedently clashed with erstwhile veterans Minister Johnny Mercer.

And erstwhile Countdown quality calculator Vorderman exploded into a vicious tirade against the Tories connected Channel 4 earlier shuffling to societal media to amusement disconnected her glee.

Following the results of the bombshell exit poll, Vorderman bellowed 'I deliberation we should get the enactment started', arsenic she appeared connected Channel 4's TV predetermination coverage.

She told Channel 4: 'Everybody retired determination is thinking: nary much of the lies, the deceit, the corruption.'

Posting connected X connected Friday morning, she added: 'Johnny Mercer gone. Jacob Rees Mogg gone. Gillian Keegan gone. Tories we don't person to endure anymore. Here's to a caller chapter. You are each AMAZING.'

Vorderman besides posted a mocking video captioned: 'POV [point of view]: The Labour Party person conscionable won a landslide successful the election.'

Bursting retired of a doorway marked Dressing Room, Vorderman mouthed to a voiceover: 'Oh my God, good it's happening. Everyone enactment calm.'

Bumping into 2 women carrying bundles of insubstantial she was met by Guardian columnist Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, who continued: 'Everyone enactment calm. Stay [bleep] calm!'

But Vorderman's outbursts against the Tories person antecedently led to her being binned by the BBC implicit her posts connected societal media. 

She was adjacent embroiled successful a vitriolic enactment with erstwhile Tory veterans curate Johnny Mercer, who mislaid his spot successful Plymouth successful past week's election. 

So savage was the long-running societal media war, Mr Mercer erstwhile extraordinarily took a swipe astatine her 'shi** lonely life'. 

The Tory MP deed backmost aft Vorderman - who was dropped by the BBC implicit her anti-government rants - accused him of breaking a committedness to extremity homelessness among ex-forces personnel. 

The erstwhile Countdown maths whizz said Mr Mercer had vowed to eradicate the occupation this year, but successful information numbers had risen by 14 per cent.

However, helium argued that his pledge had been to halt 'veterans sleeping unsmooth owed to a deficiency of provision' - which helium had achieved.

Mr Mercer complained that Vorderman and the Labour campaigner successful his Plymouth seat, Fred Thomas, were 'deliberately misleading people' to 'make your sh** lonely beingness better'.

'No 1 mean truly cares astir your view. They deliberation you're mad. I'm changing veterans' lives. What I came into authorities to do,' helium posted connected the X site. 

Vorderman deed backmost by branding Mr Mercer 'childish' and saying helium was 'slinging abuse'.

She besides complained that helium had 'insulted' Mr Thomas by sniping that helium lone served 'five minutes' successful the forces, erstwhile really helium had been successful the Royal Marines for 7 years. 

Mr Mercer - a erstwhile service skipper - and his woman Felicity person had a long-running spat with Vorderman. 

The famed numbers guru was told to permission her amusement connected BBC Radio Wales for breaching the broadcasters caller societal media guidance. 

She had been astatine the presumption for 5 years but said she was 'not prepared to stop' venting her 'strong beliefs' connected Twitter and Instagram.

The presenter added: 'Consequently I person present breached the caller guidelines and BBC Wales absorption person decided I indispensable leave. We each indispensable marque our decisions.'

Ms Vorderman had been accused of 'flagrantly breaching' the BBC's impartiality rules with her anti-Tory outbursts, which person included calling ministers 'a lying clump of greedy, corrupt, destructive, hateful, divisive, gaslighting crooks'.

The BBC brought successful caller societal media rules for its presenters pursuing outrage earlier this twelvemonth implicit Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker's tweet which comparing the Government's Rwanda argumentation to Nazi Germany.

These forestall high-profile stars from attacking governmental parties and idiosyncratic politicians arsenic good arsenic weighing into arguable issues earlier elections oregon referendums. The rules use erstwhile their amusement is connected aerial and successful a two-week model earlier and after.

Ms Vorderman said successful a connection astatine the time: 'The BBC precocious introduced caller societal media guidelines, which I respect.

'However, contempt my amusement being light-hearted with nary governmental content, it was explained to maine that, arsenic it is simply a play amusement successful my name, the caller guidelines would use to each and immoderate contented that I station each twelvemonth round.

'Since those non-negotiable changes to my vigor declaration were made, I've yet recovered that I'm not prepared to suffer my dependable connected societal media, alteration who I am, oregon suffer the quality to explicit the beardown beliefs I clasp astir the governmental turmoil this state finds itself in.

'My determination has been to proceed to criticise the existent UK Government for what it has done to the state which I emotion – and I'm not prepared to stop.

'I was brought up to combat for what I judge in, and I volition transportation on.

'Consequently I person present breached the caller guidelines and BBC Wales absorption person decided I indispensable leave. We each indispensable marque our decisions.

'I'm bittersweet to person to permission the fantastic friends I've made astatine Radio Wales.

'I privation them, and each of our listeners, each the emotion successful the world. We laughed a lot, and we volition miss each different dearly.

'But, for now, different absorbing section begins.'

Her sacking followed a bizarre feud with erstwhile Tory veterans curate Johnny Mercer's woman Felicity - who celebrated the Vorderman losing her BBC vigor job. 

The long-running feud betwixt the 2 improbable foes started past twelvemonth erstwhile Vorderman accused Mrs Cornelius-Mercer of 'harassment' and shared a reel showing a bid of tweets she had sent her.

Mrs Cornelius-Mercer besides accused Ms Vorderman of being a 'celebrity onslaught dog' who was 'inciting radical to hatred each Tories'. 

The enactment adjacent made it into the House of Commons erstwhile a Conservative MP accused Ms Vorderman of being a 'snob' aft she criticised the Mercers for not going to university. 

Ms Vorderman declared: 'I've been harassed by ⁦Johnny Mercer's⁩ woman for months. This is from conscionable 1 time successful April + overmuch much maltreatment elsewhere. I didn't respond astatine all. Until helium mocked subject utilizing foodbanks. She's paid c£45k connected MP expenses (+200% wage rise) to bash this?'

In response, Mrs Cornelius-Mercer said she had been tagging her successful abusive tweets sent to her hubby to amusement however she had stirred up 'awful traffic' by 'telling followers to people MPs'.

She added: 'Feel escaped to halt the reel and work them. These hateful comments are sent to america arsenic a nonstop effect of @carolvorders drivel. I've lone ever reacted to her rubbish astir hating each Tories, which has been going connected agelong earlier I got involved.'

Speaking to LBC, Ms Vorderman said Mrs Cornelius-Mercer sent her '60 tweets' implicit 1 day. 

'Jonny Mercer's woman has been harassing maine for months connected Twitter, connected 1 time she sent implicit 60 tweets, the words she utilized astir my backstage beingness were truly misogynistic actually,' she said. 

'To the constituent wherever I astir felt similar reporting her to beryllium honest, I recovered it rather upsetting.'