• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Meet the Team
  • Contact us
  • Guest Content
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
  • JOBS
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
  • JOBS
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home News Media

Daily Star calls for Piers Morgan to run for PM after he “skewers another lightweight politician”

PM for PM?

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2021-01-26 08:10
in Media, News
FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

Piers Morgan has been called upon to follow in the footsteps of his former pal Donald Trump and try his hand at politics.

The Good Morning Britain presenter proved too much to handle for Work and Pensions Secretary Thérèse Coffey after she abruptly terminated an interview live on TV yesterday.

It came after he asked her to elaborate on suggestions that the UK’s Covid death rate may have been higher because of its ageing population and obesity.

Therese Coffey accused @piersmorgan of being insulting for repeating her words that the UK’s worst global death rate is due to the age and obesity of the population.@susannareid100 points out Boris Johnson said weight was a factor after he recovered from Covid. pic.twitter.com/pWUt0EwoFN

— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) January 25, 2021

 It’s not the first time Morgan has made a cabinet member squirm this year.

Following the departure of Dominic Cummings, who presided over a 200-day boycott of the show, he has had ministers bang to rights on his show over the escalating Covid crisis.

Last week he clashed heads with Brandon Lewis after figures compiled by University of Oxford-based research platform Our World in Data showed the UK had the highest coronavirus death rate in the world.

Lewis argued “you can’t do direct comparisons like that”, to which Morgan retorted: “Stop doing international comparisons on vaccines then”.

Piers Morgan – So the UK government has absolutely no idea why we have the worst death rate in the world?

Brandon Lewis – You can't do direct comparisons..

Piers Morgan – Stop doing international comparisons on the vaccine then.#GMB pic.twitter.com/pncZkNKoRS

— Haggis_UK ?? ?? (@Haggis_UK) January 19, 2021

His tough stance on Covid measures and ruthless ability to hold politicians to account has led the Daily Star to argue that he should become the next Prime Minister.

Splashing “PM for PM” on its front pages this morning the red top said the “telly motormouth” is being urged to go into politics like his “ex-bestie Donald Trump”.

RelatedPosts

Unite secures 28% pay rise for hundreds of Luton airport workers

Woman dies from hypothermia after telling her doctor she ‘couldn’t afford heating’

Serving Met Police officer pleads guilty to child sexual offences

BBC chairman set to be grilled by MPs amid questions over Boris Johnson loan

Several people have endorsed the idea, although one person replied “I’d rather have Mr Motivater as PM than that nugget”.

Tomorrow's front page: PM for PM? @piersmorgan https://t.co/q9mCgpCEKT pic.twitter.com/R7Gjw0SAsn

— Daily Star (@dailystar) January 25, 2021

Related: Thoughts turn to UK as Trump administration ends

Since you are here

Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.

Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.

Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.

If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.

To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.

The TLE shop is also now open, with all profits going to supporting our work.

The shop can be found here.

You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending on TLE

  • All
  • trending
Abdollah

‘Rescue us’: Afghan teacher begs UK to help him escape Taliban

CHOMSKY: “If Corbyn had been elected, Britain would be pursuing a much more sane course”

What If We Got Rid Of Prisons?

More from TLE

Young man fears monthly strokes will kill him after NHS cuts denied him a life-saving heart operation

Mandelson warns Labour left: back Starmer or get lost

Manchester City star scores and then sees red as Brazil win Copa America

TLE Film Meets: Catherine Bailey from A Quiet Passion

Watch – Driving tutor sacked after shouting & swearing at kids on horseback

Ministers reject pleas to let EU migrants ease lorry driver shortage

Two in five Leavers ‘bothered’ when they hear non-English languages in UK

How To Make: Meatballs

Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for London, Saturday 10 April 2021

We need landlords who care about creativity if we’re going to save London’s artists

JOBS

FIND MORE JOBS

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

Contact

Editorial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Commercial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Address

The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE
Company number 09221879
International House,
24 Holborn Viaduct,
London EC1A 2BN,
United Kingdom

SUPPORT

We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.

DONATE & SUPPORT

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • JOBS
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.