ITV’s Good Morning Britain made for awkward viewing on Monday (July 4) after an activist appeared on the show to discuss protesters invading Silverstone track during the opening lap.
Talking to presenters Ed Balls and Susanna Reid, protester James Skeet came on the programme all guns blazing, while accusing GMB for not doing enough to combat climate change.
James spoke openly about his part in the Just Stop Oil protest – and how he felt it was necessary to be able to draw attention to climate change.
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But as James tried to get his point across he began to shout in the studio regarding how GMB could be doing more to highlight the climate issue.
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However Susanna was forced to bite back and remind him that Laura Tobin was excellent at reporting climate change on GMB.
Seeing the heated exchange, fans quickly jumped onto Twitter to share their thoughts.
One person said: “These eco warrior people can’t debate anything…all they do is become petulant and lose because all they can do is shout and scour….”
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Another said: “Hopefully one day these climate protesters will use a sensible spokesperson and people will finally take them seriously. They have such important points to make but they don’t put them across well at all.”
While a third said: “They always have the worst representatives from these protests. I’ll happily listen to anyone’s point of view, and I obviously agree with the seriousness of climate change but people like this idiot do the cause more harm than good.”
As the conversation continued to become more intense, Ed reminded the protester that his use of the word “genocidal” was incorrect and shouldn’t be used to describe the climate change crisis.
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However James added: “What your audience seemingly doesn’t understand is that we’re being categorically lied to, the government has no intention of dealing with this crisis … and corporate media like yourselves are also complicit with this.”
As things continued to explode, viewers felt James did have a point and shared their views on this too.
One person said: “Ed Balls bangin on about the definition of the word genocide on #GMB isn’t helping. Let’s hear what the man has to say about climate change.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
