Controversial radio presenter James Whale has been sacked for urging his Talksport listeners to vote for Boris Johnson.

His comments during a show on March 20 had sparked a number of complaints to the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.

There are clear rules forbidding broadcasters from election bias - and although the Ofcom investigation is yet to finish, Talksport mounted its own inquiry and dismissed the veteran presenter.

Yorkshire-based Mr Whale, 56, had worked for the station since it was launched as Talk Radio in 1995.

His show went out between 10pm to 1am, Monday to Thursday.

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An outspoken right-winger with a long history of courting controversy, he had considered standing for mayor himself, before publicly pledging support for Mr Johnson.

Talksport said: "James Whale was guilty of a serious error of judgment which we found totally unacceptable."

This isn't the first time the controversial radio personality has created a stir.

In 2007, Whale plugged the release of his book "Almost a Celebrity: A lifetime of Night-time" on air with the aim of out-selling fellow Talksport presenter John Gaunt's book which was published at the same time.

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