On Friday morning’s BBC Breakfast Transport Secretary Grant Shapps appeared on the programme via video link and was interviewed by presenter Charlie Stayt.
But some viewers became more concerned with what was going on behind him rather than what he was saying.
The politician openly discussed the transport situation and whether travel is something Brits can look forward to in the near future.
But although he was trying to make sense of the situation, viewers took to Twitter to address what was going on behind him and why he had two large red ministerial boxes boxes sitting on his desk.
One viewer said: “Isn’t @grantshapps elf-important. On @BBCBreakfast with two open red boxes, one flag, one copy of ‘Great British Railways’, and a poster with his name on show behind him.”
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Another viewer also picked up on the secretary’s books on display: “I’ve seen him do interviews before from what looks like a room in his house (could be Hancock’s house for all I know) and I’m sure I recall him having a Grant Shapps book on open display. Just made me think ‘this guy loves himself.'”
While a third questioned: “Has Shapps been on Deal or No Deal recently?”
“What is Grant Shapps’s second flag please?” A fourth asked.
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Another penned: “Why does Grant Shapps have 2 empty red boxes? Clearly he has no work to do apart from buying Union Jack flags!”
During the interview Shapps mentioned what the current travel procedures are and the restrictions that are in place.
But presenter Charlie probed him further and asked whether he would prefer if Brits stayed at home rather than travelling to green list countries.
Shapps said that Brits deciding to not travel abroad is “not his message at all” however the green list allows people to travel abroad if needs be.
BBC Breakfast airs daily from 6am on BBC One.
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