Good Morning Britain viewers were left divided on Friday as the show debated whether staring should be a legal offence. Kate Garraway and Adil Ray were back at the helm for the last edition of the ITV news programme of the week.
They were joined in the ITV studio by comedian and activist Kate Smurthwaite and journalist and gender historian Dr Zoe Strimpel to discuss the latest campaign by Transport for London and Mayor Sadiq Khan with commuters now seeing posters against “intrusive staring” on its services with the aim of "sending a strong message to offenders that sexual harassment is not tolerated".
The show, therefore, posed the question 'should staring be considered a crime?' with Adil starting by saying: "What’s so bad with staring, Kate?” to which their guest replied: "Well, this is exactly the point of it.
