Piers Morgan tells TV star Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to let him speak during fiery rant on Sunday (September 3).
During Laura Kuenssberg’s BBC breakfast show, the ex-Good Morning Britain host clashed with the chef over the latest Just Stop Oil protests.
After listening to Hugh rant about his side of the debate, Piers shook his head as he interrupted: “You’ve had your say, let me have mine. I just think the Just Stop Oil protests have had the complete opposite effect to what those protestors thought or hoped they would get.
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“If you’re just going to spend your entire time running around, wrecking ordinary people’s lives, ruining their fun, getting in their faces, stopping them from going to school, stopping them from going to hospital and so on, you are not going to bring the public with you.
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“The government has to somehow hit this sweet spot where they take us into a far greener place, which is what they want to do, but they do it in a place and a rate and an affordability that will bring the public with them. If you try to be too catastrophic in your rhetoric about this or – in my opinion with Just Stop Oil – too pathetic in your methodology, you are going to turn people off and that will turn people off.”
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Host Laura then asked Hugh: “Hugh, do you think Just Stop Oil have shot themselves in the foot? Because a lot of people have been very cross with their activities.”
To which Hugh replied: “First off, nothing’s more affordable than offshore wind to bring down our energy bills and give us energy security in the UK. Secondly, Just Stop Oil – every radical movement for change needs a radical wing that will draw our attention to things.
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“I was watching the test match when someone ran on and exploded some orange powder – that drew some attention to an absolutely vital issue.”
Piers interrupted one more time and fumed: “Hang on, I was there that day. The only attention it drew was that everyone was booing and everyone thought that guy was a total moron!”
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