'IT'S NOT FUNNY'
Piers Morgan in massive telly row with John McDonnell as top Corbynista ‘LAUGHS while talking about nuclear war’
The pair clashed during an interview on Good Morning Britain today
PIERS Morgan today had a huge row with Jeremy Corbyn’s right-hand man - after accusing him of laughing during a debate about nuclear weapons.
The Good Morning Britain host tore into John McDonnell when the Shadow Chancellor apparently smirked during their exchange on the ITV show.
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But the Labour leftie hit back - saying Piers was trying to make the interview all about him.
The pair clashed on GMB when Mr Morgan asked Mr McDonnell whether he would ever endorse the use of nuclear weapons against Britain’s enemies.
The Shadow Chancellor said he was against the use of nukes - but added that Labour policy is to maintain the nuclear deterrent if the party gets into power.
He said: “It's Labour party policy, isn't it, that was in the last manifesto, that we maintain the nuclear deterrent. Full stop.
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"It will be a decision of the government in the future, when a Labour government comes to power, about how and if that was ever used.
"I have expressed my own personal view and, I repeat, I lost that debate, so democracy prevails and that would be the policy of the government itself."
When Piers pressed him on the issue, saying voters deserve to know how they will be kept safe, Mr McDonnell began to smile.
The TV host said: “I don’t find this particularly amusing this subject matter, given that we’ve just had a British subject assassinated on British soil inadvertently by Russian state activists.
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“Russia is a nuclear power, it is not beyond the realms of fantasy given what’s been happening with Vladimir Putin that this could escalate.”
The Shadow Chancellor hit back: “Piers I was smiling because your interviews are usually a monologue from yourself without allowing your interviewee to respond.
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“What's funny is your interviewing style - all you do is you recite your own view.”
Mr McDonnell and Mr Corbyn are both longstanding anti-nuclear activists who want to see Britain scrap its arsenal of nukes.
But their efforts to change Labour policy so the party reflects their view have so far flopped.
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