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Stephanie Colderick

This Morning's Holly Willoughby scolds former Welsh MP after he makes expenses jab at Angela Rayner

This Morning host Holly Willoughby put former Welsh MP Lembit Opik in his place when he attempted to make an expenses dig to the deputy leader of the Labour party, Angela Rayner. Both Angela and Bangor-born Lembit were appearing on the ITV morning show to talk about Matt Hancock entering I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!

Angela argued that Matt, who is the former health secretary and the current MP for West Suffolk, should be in the UK fulfilling his role as a serving MP rather than entering the jungle. Spending a month in the Australian jungle for I'm A Celebrity means that Matt is missing out on important votes in Parliament and he has been suspended from the Conservative Party.

Lembit however, who is a friend of Matt's, argued that MPs often do things that are not in their job title all the time and cited that Angela has appeared on LBC radio. He also attempted to say that Angela putting dresses on her expense claim was the same as Matt entering the jungle.

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