Good Morning Britain viewers were left enraged this morning after MP Brandon Lewis continually defended Boris Johnson over the latest 'Partygate' scandal.
The MP was grilled by co-hosts Kate Garraway and Adil Ray on the ITV breakfast show as the presenters couldn't hide their frustration over Boris breaking his own ministerial code.During his appearance on the ITV show, the Northern Irish MP likened the PM's fine to that of a speeding ticket as Boris prepares to face parliament today.The Prime Minister, his wife, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were all served fines by the Metropolitan Police after being found to have broken the government's own lockdown laws.Kate Garraway asked Brandon Lewis today: "What degree of apology will satisfy you that he really gets it and has really moved on?"He said: "I haven't seen the details of what the Prime Minister is going to say today, but I know he will as he said he would be speaking to parliament and that's what he will do this afternoon."I think we will see the Prime Minister apologising as he did when the fixed penalty notice was made public last week, as he said he would always be public about any findings of the police and the Sue Gray report may have."He's apologised, he's paid the fine and respected that decision."The tense interview continued, as Adil began reading some of the Ministerial Code, telling the MP: "He hasn't done that, so should we just tear up the ministerial code?" as he ripped the piece of paper it was written on."No, I think the ministerial code is an important feature of parliamentary democracy," Mr Lewis said, as Adil and Kate interrupted.The pair quizzed Mr Lewis, asking him:: "How is it important if the Prime Minister is not sticking to it?"He tried to
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