Piers Morgan has decided to leave Good Morning Britain

[DubaiDai]

Don’t like him much but the new TV rules mean you have to be careful about your opinions

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Don’t like him much but the new TV rules mean you have to be careful about your opinions

Using your platform to say to 7m people that you don't believe someone when they say they felt suicidal, when your employer is in the middle of a campaign promoting mental health awareness, almost exactly a year after a presenter for that same employer killed herself because of the way she was treated by the media is clearly a pretty safe way to get the boot. It's not necessarily a bad thing to be careful with your opinions.

[light up the darkness]

Using your platform to say to 7m people that you don't believe someone when they say they felt suicidal, when your employer is in the middle of a campaign promoting mental health awareness, almost exactly a year after a presenter for that same employer killed herself because of the way she was treated by the media is clearly a pretty safe way to get the boot. It's not necessarily a bad thing to be careful with your opinions.

That is a considerable sentence

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Using your platform to say to 7m people that you don't believe someone when they say they felt suicidal, when your employer is in the middle of a campaign promoting mental health awareness, almost exactly a year after a presenter for that same employer killed herself because of the way she was treated by the media is clearly a pretty safe way to get the boot. It's not necessarily a bad thing to be careful with your opinions.

Did he specifically say that?

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Did he specifically say that?

"‘Who did you go to? What did they say to you? I’m sorry, I don’t believe a word she said, Meghan Markle. I wouldn’t believe it if she read me weather report"

[Taunton Blue Genie]

"‘Who did you go to? What did they say to you? I’m sorry, I don’t believe a word she said, Meghan Markle. I wouldn’t believe it if she read me weather report"

Cheers. I can't stand the odious Piers Morgan and I don't side with either party in this bunfight.

[Tuerto]

Cheers. I can't stand the odious Piers Morgan and I don't side with either party in this bunfight.

Same. It's all a load of trash.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Same. It's all a load of trash.

Funnily enough but I don't think it's a load of trash myself. I am interested in the dynamics of an outdated institution trying to absorb outsiders who may be flaky, rational or anything else. Tensions are inevitable and the where the truth lies nobody knows. It's obviously a great risk to the royal family in trying to assimilate those of a very different ilk.

[the other bob wilson]

Cheers. I can't stand the odious Piers Morgan and I don't side with either party in this bunfight.

My thoughts exactly.

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Cheers. I can't stand the odious Piers Morgan and I don't side with either party in this bunfight.

Odious is the right word. One thing you can maybe grudgingly say about him in a world with battle lines so clearly drawn on many issues, is that he's not afraid to be a prick to everybody, left or right - I think a lot of us enjoyed and maybe even appreciated his relentless attacks on the Government over their management of Covid.

Most of the time he's a horrible little bully though and I do think his departure from GMB sends the right statement. There's a tweet doing the rounds which I think is pretty bang on the money on why stuff like this is important, goes something like "Meghan Markle might not hear you say you don't believe her, but your friend who has had suicidal thoughts will"