Richard Madeley was involved in a heated clash with a Tory MP on Good Morning Britain today.
The presenter was hosting the show alongside Charlotte Hawkins today, where they discussed the current cost of living crisis with Conservative MP and Education Secretary James Cleverly. The government have come under fire for not helping the public enough with the cost of living crisis, after it was forecasted that average household energy bills could hit £4,266 from next year.
There are likely to be more rises this year, and angry members of the public have criticised the Tories for not doing anything to help people whilst Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss battle to take Boris Johnson's job as Prime Minister.
During the fiery debate, presenter Charlotte insisted: "That help that you’ve promised is simply not enough, is it?"
Mr Cleverly went on to defend the Conservative Party, adding: "We’ve already put a support package in place. And Liz [Truss] has said she will bring forward an emergency budget to address whatever else."
Richard then fumed and said he wasn't answering the questions, to which he replied: "I’m saying that in response to those changing figures, Liz Truss is committed to moving forward an emergency budget."
"You’re sliding off the point!" Richard told the MP as he tried to defend himself again, adding: "I’m not sliding off the point, I’m not able to get to the point, Richard, because you keep interrupting."
When Richard exclaimed that wasn't fair to say, the MP hit back: "No, we can rewatch the tape and we can see which of us has done the most talking in this interview."
Insisting he was in the right, Richard replied: "I have to hold you to an answer, and if you’re not answering the question, you will be interrupted. I’m sorry if that’s too hard for you, but that’s how it works, and I will repeat the point.
"Everything you have said in this interview – whether it’s been in a competed sentence or an interrupted one – you made it quite clear nothing is going to happen until the autumn."
He continued: "The central point of this interview is to put it to you that we need action now and I haven’t heard you say anything at all other than, 'oh well, we’ll get to that in the autumn when we have a winner'
"You are simply not answering that point, so we do have to interrupt. Sorry."
