Moment GB News halted as MP ambushed by furious protesters live on air
The incident occurred as they discussed current issues affecting the public.
GB News presenter Ellie Costello was forced to apologise to MP Mel Stride as his interview with the broadcaster was interrupted by anti-Brexit protestors on Wednesday March 11. As Stride spoke to Costello and co-host Eamonn Holmes about current issues, including the Iran conflict, via video link from Westminster he was ambushed by the placard carrying intruders who spoke over him and ensured their message was caught on camera just seconds into his chat. Expressing her disdain at the incident Costello said: "I'm really sorry for that disruption behind you. Do stay with us, if you can. Mr. Stride."
Doing his utmost to continue he discussed the situation with Birmingham Council as the bin strikes marked their one year anniversary. However he acknowledged: "Sorry, I'm getting slightly interrupted by this behind me." Holmes semeed to empathise telling the minister: "If you've got to go, go ahead. We understand that. If you want to continue up to you."
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Refusing to be silenced by the unwanted background distraction, he said, "Yeah, keep going, keep going," encouraging Holmes to continue with the chat.
Composing himself, he went on to comment on the economy as Holmes pointed out, "the system is broken".
"What needs to be done...is we need to have an economy that's growing far more rapidly, that's much more productive.
"And what that means is getting on top of public spending in some areas, particularly welfare, getting people off benefits into work," he said.
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"[Then] you can then do two things. First, you start getting the deficit down and controlling our debt, and that's important, but equally, getting taxes down in areas that help grow the economy. Now, if you do that, you can afford to start funding local government in a more appropriate way.
"But unless you do that and take those hard choices, I'm afraid these are some of the consequences," he said.
Ironically, despite the protests, Stride was opposed to the idea of Brexit in 2016. He also acknowledged the effects of it in a chat with BBC Radio 4’s The World at One programme in 2023.
Asked if Brexit had had an impact on investment in the UK, he said: “I think if you have a situation where you create frictions between yourself and your major trading partners, I think you have to accept that that will have an impact.”
