An embarrassing morning for Good Morning Britain after Reform’s Robert Jenrick called his interview with Ed Balls and Susanna Reid a “waste of time.” His mic was still on after the interview ended. Could have been worse…
Jenrick was invited on mostly to talk about the video of Streeting and Mahmood which Guido reported yesterday. Instead he received hostile questioning about the Tories’ record on prisons. The presenters reacted to his hot mic remark:
“Oh dear, I think it wasn’t a waste of time. I think Robert Jenrick gave us very clear answers… I mean it was good he came on the programme. Um, and we’re very grateful for his time.”
Good Morning Britain briefly shared the video on their own social media channels. It has since been deleted. Why would you clip a video of someone telling you that your show is a waste of time?
UPDATE: It’s back!
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”