GMB ‘bias’ row erupts as Ed Balls remark leaves fans demanding axe

Good Morning Britain presenter Ed Balls faced heavy criticism after viewers claimed he was being "biased" during a discussion about the cabinet reshuffle. Following Angela Rayner's departure as Deputy Prime Minister, Keir Starmer seized the opportunity to get rid of several underperforming ministers too. The Prime Minister has appointed David Lammy as Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary in the reshuffle. He also appointed Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary and Yvette Cooper as Foreign Secretary.

Discussing the recent changes on Monday's (September 8) instalment of Good Morning Britain, Ed said: "Interestingly, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, David Cameron, none of them had to do a big reshuffle of the top jobs like this after one year. David Lammy spent four years building foreign relations around the world, he's now in charge of sentencing in prisons. Yvette Cooper, my wife, spent all those years preparing and working on this, suddenly she's working on Israel and Palestine."

Ed pointed out that Mahmood is now tasked with resolving a range of pressing issues, but developments are already underway that may assist her in this role.

"Shabana Mahmood, she's suddenly in the hot seat and has got to sort this all out. Luckily, there's quite a lot of things coming down the pipeline for her already," he added.

The comments drew strong criticism, with many viewers taking to social media to accuse the presenter of having a biased perspective.

One fumed: "Has there ever been a more blatant example of conflict of interest before involving a politician who is married to a mainstream media tv presenter. It's unbelievable."

"The guy should not be on this show," declared a second as another added: "'My wife is bloody brilliant' vibe is very strong here and he is given a regular platform to say this."

A third agreed: "Ed's got the inside info on whats happening in gov. How is he still in post on GMB?"