Naga Munchetty has been championed by viewers for 'doing what needed to be done' after she locked horns with an MP live on BBC Breakfast on Friday, as others shut down accusations that she was being 'too biased' in favour of the Government.
The popular news anchor was back on the morning show's famous red sofa as it rounded off another week, with Naga and co-star Charlie Stayt addressing the furore over a tweet the Labour party posted about prime minister Rishi Sunak. The controversial post read: "Do you think adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison? Rishi Sunak doesn’t."
BBC hosts Naga and Charlie were joined via video call by shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell to discuss the offending tweet and, going straight for the jugular, Naga asked her: "“Do you believe that Rishi Sunak doesn’t think adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison?”
