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Piers Morgan refuses to back down as government continues GMB 'boycott'

Piers Morgan has pledged that he will continue to ask "tough questions" despite the government's "boycott" of Good Morning Britain continuing.

The government has not offered a representative to the show for 20 days now, he said. Piers is known for grilling politicians - particularly during the coronavirus pandemic.

Today Piers spoke out on Twitter to slam the Tories for their continued avoidance of the show.

He said: "UPDATE: The Govt has refused to put any minister up for interview on @GMB tomorrow.

"This will be the 20th day of its boycott of our show during the worst national crisis since WW2. All because we asked them tough questions. We’ll keep asking them. cc @BorisJohnson."

Piers has previously branded MPs avoiding the show "disgraceful cowards" and has frequently lashed out at the government over the UK's death toll, which is the one of the highest in the world,  reports Mirror Online.

Before the boycott, Piers was involved in a number of clashes with Tory MPs, including the Minister for Safeguarding Victoria Atkins.

After grilling her on PPE failures, he accused her of "laughing" during the interview.

Ofcom also received more than 3,200 complaints about Piers' two interviews with Care Minister Helen Whately in April, and a further 600 over his interview with Health Secretary Matt Hancock.

However, he was cleared by the watchdog who ruled he did not do anything wrong, adding that he is "well known for his combative style".

Meanwhile, a petition calling for him to be sacked from GMB reached over 50,000 signatures.

In response to the criticism, Piers tweeted: "Memo to trolls: the more you try to silence me with foul-mouthed abuse, death threats & petitions for me to be fired, the louder & harder I will challenge the Govt over its handling of this crisis. Lives depend on it."

*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV

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