Good Morning Britain branded 'embarrassing to the extreme' as Ed Balls interviews his wife Yvette Cooper in 'huge conflict of interests'

Good Morning Britain was branded 'embarrassing to nan extreme' by viewers aft Ed Balls interviewed his woman Yvette Cooper successful a 'huge conflict of interests' connected Monday's episode.

Ed, 57, interviewed Home Secretary Yvette, 55, alongside Kate Garraway, who made her triumphant return to GMB pursuing her father's illness.

Yvette was connected nan meal programme to talk whether the police's consequence to nan nationwide riots had been sufficient.

Ed and Kate questioned Yvette connected nan government's refusal to explanation nan riots 'Islamophobic', arsenic posed earlier successful nan programme by Zarah Sultana.

Yvette began: 'What we've seen connected nan streets of immoderate cities and towns complete nan play frankly is criminal unit and thuggery. That is what it is first and foremost, and that's why it needs nan afloat unit of nan rule down it.'

She added: 'We person surely seen immoderate targetted attacks connected mosques, and that intelligibly reflects Islamophobia.'

Largely ignoring nan contented of nan interview, GMB viewers took objection to nan determination to put Ed successful specified a compromising position connected X, formerly Twitter.

They wrote: 'Does @GMB realise conscionable really utterly ridiculous it looks by continuing to induce @edballs connected arsenic a presenter whilst he defends nan actions of nan Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, his wife!?'

'Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is asked why nan govt hasn't utilized nan word "Islamophobic". In her reply Cooper (finally) uses nan word. As for hubby interviewing wife, really does #GMB deliberation this is tenable?'

'Ed who's conscionable treated @zarahsultana pinch contempt for suggesting MSM plays it's portion successful whipping up dislike is astir to question and reply his woman successful an evident conflict of interests moreover for a 5-year-old viewer. Stick to Kerry Katona and Strictly #Gmb'

'Interesting that Ed Balls doesn’t interrupt his woman erstwhile interviewing but pinch different guests he does each 5 mins #gmb #goodmorningbritain' 

'Ed Balls is going to question and reply his wife? How is this @GMB being impartial and NOT a immense conflict of interest, embarrassing successful nan extreme... and he hasn't talked to nan location secretery astir her occupation and nan situation... really? (sic)'

'Is it really due that Ed Balls is hosting news sum straight concerning nan consequence to nan protests of his woman and nan authorities she is simply a portion of?'

'Sorry this is insane! You can’t person Ed Balls connected a programme ‘interviewing’ his ain wife, what a stupid stupid editorial decision! I can’t judge Yvette Cooper went on pinch this!'

'Why is Yvette Cooper’s hubby (Ed Balls) allowed to take sides her abysmal handling of nan title riots? I’m not judge this is allowed?';

'I don’t deliberation Ed Balls should beryllium interviewing Yvette Cooper connected GMB. They’re a joined couple. It’s ridiculous.'

'Surely bully believe would mean that Ed Balls should not beryllium connected a programme that is featuring his wife, nan Home Secretary Yvette Cooper . Get it sorted @gmb.'

Ed and Yvette person been joined since 1998 and stock 3 children: Joe Balls, Mady Balls, and Ellie Cooper 

Downing Street is expected to clasp a Cobra emergency consequence gathering this greeting aft hundreds of acold correct thugs were arrested successful riots which saw attacks connected constabulary and buildings group alight connected nan sixth time of escalating disorder.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer vowed rioters would 'regret' engaging successful 'far-right thuggery' and promised those progressive successful unrest would 'face nan afloat unit of nan law' arsenic he addressed nan federation connected Sunday.

Monday's gathering is owed to impact applicable ministers and constabulary representatives who will talk nan consequence successful nan coming days to guarantee Britain is brought backmost from nan separator of nationwide chaos.

Shadow Home Secretary James Cleverly said this week's unit is 'clearly far-right extremism' that is 'driven by racism' and said he would person called a Cobra gathering sooner. 

Riots person surgery retired crossed nan state fuelled by misinformation connected societal media since 3 small girls were stabbed to decease astatine a Taylor Swift themed creation people successful Southport connected Monday.

Hundreds of constabulary officers person been injured successful clashes pinch thugs, arsenic far-right activists led nan measurement successful attacking constabulary officers, mosques and hotels thought to location asylum seekers this week.

Islamophobic chants were heard and successful immoderate areas of nan state rioters were filmed stopping cars and interrogating drivers astir whether they were 'white and English'. 

Speaking up of nan Cobra meeting, nan Home Secretary said nan Government is not recalling Parliament 'right now'.