Nicola Sturgeon, the scottish first minister, has expressed her disappointment and “disgust” in the UKs governments decision to boycott the breakfast show.
The first minister appeared on the show recently.
The scottish first minister appeared on the show via video, and said: “Right now, communicating directly with the public is a real public duty on the part of leaders.”
Piers Morgan, who is very vocal about what he likes and doesn’t like when it comes to government decisions, told her: “As a rule of thumb, you come on pretty much whenever we ask you to be accountable for your decision making. We have not had a member of the UK Government on here for 148 days.”
He then continued to ask if MPs had a “dereliction of their duty to the electorate”.
Ms Sturgeon then said: “I think that is pretty disgraceful actually. I think particularly at a time like this. We can’t be on all the programmes all the time. There is a limited number of hours in the day.
“But generally speaking, particularly at a time like this, leaders have to be accountable. And not just accountable, we have to be explaining the decisions we are taking.
“We are asking people to do extraordinary things and if we are not prepared to explain the reasons for that, we can’t expect people to comply.”
Piers then continued: “I do like a straight answer to a straight question.
“Actually I like asking leaders questions, it is a nice change from the British Government.
“As Nicola Sturgeon just said, it is a disgrace that they do not come on this programme and do not inform you the viewers what is going on in this crisis. An absolute disgrace.
“You pay their salaries, they have a fundamental duty to inform you in a public health crisis what is going on and through petty pique, because they couldn’t deal with tough questioning, they have not been on for 148 days.”
Some believe it’s people like Piers who have led the government to stop coming on the show. It’s not necessarily a bad thing that he’s the way he is, though. He asks questions others usually won’t, and rightfully criticises guests if he considers them to be in the wrong – when others would be afraid to.
