Patrick Christys' RAF Fairford questions give GB News a doubled day
His segment on the five men arrested over an alleged plot, and then bailed, started at a pace GB News rarely sees from a new upload.
GBNewsStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 260,774 views a day, 68 times a normal first day on this channel (3,830).
RAF Fairford LATEST | Patrick Christys CHALLENGES Labour NARRATIVE on alleged terror plot
Among news channels of a similar size, GB News is the busy one right now. Its whole channel is running at about double its usual daily pace, well ahead of BBC World Service and AccuWeather, which have almost the same number of subscribers.
Much of the attention points to one new segment. "RAF Fairford LATEST | Patrick Christys CHALLENGES Labour NARRATIVE on alleged terror plot" opened at roughly sixty-eight times the channel's usual first-day pace. For a broadcaster that posts a steady stream of clips, most of which settle into a quiet first day, that is a clear exception.
The subject is serious. Five men were arrested and accused of planning an attack on RAF Fairford, the air base in Gloucestershire, and they have since been released on bail. Christys, one of GB News' regular presenters, goes through the details of the case. The description sums up his position: he feels something about the incident does not add up and argues that the public deserves to know more. The title frames the segment as a challenge to the account given by Labour.
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- Channel
- GBNews
- Subscribers
- 2,190,000
- Channel views, pace per day
- 3,659,810 (on a normal day: 1,729,750)
- Video published
- September 28, 2026
- Video views so far
- 68,622 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 260,774
The numbers
The figures show one new segment starting far above the channel's usual first day, on a day when the whole channel was running at about twice its normal pace.
