BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty fumes 'no excuse' as tense MP row escalates
dailystar.co.ukBBC Breakfast ramped up the tension on Thursday (April 28) as presenter Naga Munchetty went head-to-head with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace.
The Conservative MP appeared on the show to discuss the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but Naga also quizzed him on recent allegations that one party member watched porn while seated next to a female MP in the House of Commons.
The discussion of misogyny in Parliament led to a blazing row between the pair, as Naga fumed there are "no excuses" for the behaviour - with fans rushing to support her online.Naga began by saying: "I want to talk to you about an issue you'll be well aware is being discussed, that the Conservative party chief whip is looking into allegations that a Conservative MP watched pornography whilst in the Commons."Do you know if this is true and do you know who that was?"Wallace responded: "I don't know - the answer is no to both questions.
I don't know if it's true, which is why the chief whip is having an investigation, and I don't know who the person in question is."He went on to slam pornography in the workplace as "unacceptable, whether that's in the Commons, the BBC or what" - but Naga wasn't letting him off that easily."Does it shock you that this has happened?" she asked, as Wallace responded: "I'm afraid I've done 17 years in the House of Commons, and we've seen everything over the years..."I've seen things over decades that I'm afraid it no longer shocks me, but I think it shows the problem in the House of Commons is the overall culture of long hours, bars and people sometimes under pressure."That can create a toxic mix that leads to all sorts of things."Naga added: "Is Parliament a misogynistic and sexist workplace?" - to which Wallace.
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