IT takes a lot to get Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield riled, but the UK Government has managed it.
Downing Street’s baffling coronavirus advice has prompted the hosts of This Morning to lose their cool.
Boris Johnson’s updated England’s Covid-19 strategy last night, but not even his own government ministers seem to understand the specifics.
Condemning the UK Government at the top of the ITV show, Schofield said: "We've got to start this morning in a state of utter confusion after last night's address to the nation by Boris Johnson. His speech created more questions than answers."
Willoughby continued: "I think we're just about holding on we've all done so well. We've all done exactly as we've been told.
"We were doing so well to keep our spirits up, to keep going, but when there is this level of confusion, it knocks you back."
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Schofield added: “If this was in a farce on the telly, I’d go ‘that’s a bit far-fetched. No government would arse it up that much'.
“It’s utterly astonishing. You know that we’ve been really level on here … but this has just tipped us over the edge today.”
I think this from Phil and Holly could actually be reasonably significant.
— Joe Pike (@joepike) May 11, 2020
-Their show is rarely political.
-Big broad audience.
-Away from the bubble.
-And they are losing patience with the government: #ThisMorning pic.twitter.com/NLAu4sGUUF
The pair spoke out after Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gave misleading advice to the public, forcing Downing Street to issue a clarification.
The Tory minister, asked on BBC Breakfast if someone could meet up with their parents in a park, said: "Well, you could if there's two metres apart."
However, the UK Government put out a clarification saying people can only meet one person outside at a time – not two people, such as both parents, at the same time.
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The move prompted further condemnation from high-profile media figures.
Piers Morgan hit out at the Government on Good Morning Britain.
The government has clarified that people cannot see their parents at the same after Dominic Raab said that they could see both if they stay two metres apart in an interview.@piersmorgan | @susannareid100 | #GMB pic.twitter.com/fahcJLvt1k
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) May 11, 2020
The updated coronavirus strategy has been rejected by Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The main message to the public in the devolved nations remains: Stay home, protect the NHS, save lives.
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