Susanna Reid was involved in a fiery clash on today's Good Morning Britain over whether the Prime Minister should resign.
The 51-year-old anchored Monday's edition of the ITV news programme alongside Richard Madeley.
The presenters interviewed Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi on the allegations that Downing Street held ‘Wine Time Fridays’ during the pandemic.
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The revelation is the latest scandal to hit the government as Downing Street has apologised for holding a number of gatherings during the National lockdown.
Mr Zahawi said the topic is deeply personal to him as his uncle died after contracting Covid-19
He said: "We couldn’t visit him in hospital properly and we couldn’t give him a proper burial either because of the rules.
“I think the Prime Minister felt that pain and that anguish. I can’t turn the clock back and have a proper burial for my uncle and the Prime Minister says he wishes he could turn the clock back and act differently and ask people to return to their desk, which is why he apologised and said he will submit himself to parliament when Sue Gray completes her investigation.
"That is what she is doing now, now she can go wherever she wants, wherever the evidence takes her and if she finds any rule breaking, law breaking, she can submit that to the Metropolitan Police, that’s part of the reference of her investigation.”
Susanna then quizzed the Conservative minister on whether the PM should resign from his position if he is found to have broken the law.
Mr Zahawi said: “I would wait to see if the investigation does find that… on the big calls… he got them. He’s human and he made mistakes and he came to parliament and said, ‘I wish I could turn the clock back and not have acted in that way."
The broadcaster continued to put Mr Zahawi on the spot as she called for an answer to her "straightforward question".
She said: "If a Prime Minister has broken the law, should they stay Prime Minister?’
Richard accused the minister of "swerving" the question before Mr Zahawi admitted that nobody should be above the law.
He said: "Anybody - not just the Prime Minister - who’s broken the law has to face the consequences and you can’t stay a Member of Parliament if you have broken the law. So the answer is plain and simple, nobody’s above the law.”
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV and the ITV Hub.
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