World news – GB – Pierce Morgan asks Matt Hancock why he hasn’t quit while Tory admits to wrongdoing

The Minister of Health was completely outraged by Good Morning Britain at ITV in a 21-minute interview – which went through so many questions that they couldn’t see. We won’t be asking in a government county for 201 days

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Pierce Morgan demanded today to find out why Matt Hancock had not resigned as the Conservative Party finally ended a 201-day boycott of the TV presenter..

The Minister of Health was the first to feel full outrage for 21 minutes on Good Morning Britain on ITV after ministers flipped the show for six months.

GMB is excluded from the regular morning ministerial interview round after a spat with No. 10 Communications Director Lee Caine.

But Mr Caine left with Assistant Prime Minister Dominic Cummings last week in a sudden crisis – and now GMB interviews have resumed.

Instead of focusing on today’s news, Pierce Morgan reviewed all the questions he was unable to ask about the first wave of the Covid virus..

The optimistic presenter said there was little personal protective equipment, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of cardiac workers.

He said that care homes have received thousands of elderly patients from hospitals with Covid, the UK border has not been closed, the use of masks was not recommended at first, and even ministers were shaking hands at first.

He also said that Matt Hancock gave the green light to mass rallies in March and that the first lockdown came « at least two weeks later. ».

He said the government stopped community testing while pursuing an informal strategy of « herd immunity, » something that has since been rejected..

The GMB host said: « I’m putting it up for you, given that we now have more than 50,000 deaths in this country, which is the worst death toll in the whole of Europe, so why am I still Minister of Health and why haven’t you offered your resignation? »

Mr Hancock responded: “Well, because we were building the response to all these enormous challenges of this unprecedented pandemic..

“When testing, we met all of the goals you set – half a million tests per day now. And I’m here to tell you that we’re going to double that over the next few months.

« This means that we can use the test to find the location of the virus, and most importantly, we have reduced these response times and people can isolate them if needed..

Mr Morgan squeezed, raising a long-unreached goal of testing 100,000 people per day – instead of tests per day – by a certain date.

He added, « We have witnessed a continuous series of failures and transitions throughout this year. Are you willing to admit any mistakes you read in the indictment?

“I’ll give you one – when we first laid out the guidelines for example for funerals at the first peak, they were interpreted as being so narrow that even your wife couldn’t go to the funeral of someone who had died with the Coronavirus.

« Now, that was a bug and we changed it. So we were definitely learning about the science.

GMB host Susanna Reed challenged Mr. Hancock about why patients leaving hospital for care homes were not tested in the first wave..

“Now that we know that when we discover that this could happen, we have included the nursing home rules.

In the spring, the Health Secretary defended the Assistant Prime Minister for breaking lockdown rules with a round-trip 500-mile trip to Durham.

When asked today if he would rethink his support, Mr. Hancock said, “I’m not going into that.. I care about the future.

With the 201-day boycott coming to an end, Mr. Hancock insisted he spoke briefly with ITV last week and came back « as soon as notes allow. ».

He said, “I am here to answer all the questions you may be asking on your viewers’ behalf.

“Last week I was asked to come and said I would come as soon as possible while I’m here.

Good Morning Britain, Piers Morgan, Matt Hancock, Susanna Reid, ITV