Good Morning Britain viewers sank their claws into ‘nasty and aggressive’ Ranvir Singh after a ‘car crash’ interview left them fuming: ‘How rude is she?!’
Fans accused the presenter of ‘losing it’ during the interview, which saw Tory minister James Cleverly join Ranvir, 48, and co-host Richard Madeley on Wednesday (April 8).
The Shadow Home Secretary took to the ITV show after it was announced that the Conservatives would ban full-time council staff from working a four-day week.
James, 56, hit out that ‘taxpayers should not be paying full rates for part-time services’ and vowed to ‘end the nonsense’ if the Conservatives were to come into office after the next general election.
Ranvir struggled to hide her frustration at the situation as she challenged James on why the Tories weren’t pressing on with other issues.
She fumed: ‘There are other more pressing issues at local government level,’ as she claimed GMB viewers wanted to hear more about the issues surrounding expenditure by local councils on adult social care.
Ranvir asked: ‘Why aren’t you getting stuck into that this morning? That is where the real pinch point is for people watching this morning, not four-day weeks!’
James quickly hit back: ‘Are you suggesting that we should only deal with one issue?’ to which Ranvir retorted: ‘No. I’m suggesting that there are bigger issues at play that bother people this morning than a council worker working a four-day week and according to some statistics, doing slightly less work or slightly more work.’
Ranvir then accused the politician of ‘avoiding’ the social care issue, but the politician replied: ‘What do you mean “appear to be avoiding”? I have spoken about Labour’s mismanagement of local government funding.’
But the presenter then continued: ‘This isn’t just about Labour. The social care problem has been going on for much longer as you well know. It’s been underfunded for the last decade or more.’
James hit back once again: ‘I’m going to finish the point I was making and I can then move onto another point if you want me to.’
Viewers were quick to head to social media to discuss the interaction, hitting out against Ranvir on X, formerly Twitter.
One penned: ‘Whoa she’s being well rude you can disagree with someone in a professional way,’ as another agreed: ‘Cleverly sits as cool as a cucumber Ranvir’s completely lost her nut. Embarrassing.’
‘Ranvir coming across as a nasty individual today. She is being very personal here.. not good,’ a third wrote, as a fourth chimed in: ‘How rude is this woman?’
Another hit out against Ranvir having an ‘attitude’, as someone else concluded: ‘What a car crash interview’.
Others stepped in to defend Ranvir, admitting they too were frustrated by the Tory minister’s responses to the questions he was being dished out.
One said: ‘I work across 4 days. Still full time. I now have more time to help with my home life and my child. This is 2026.’
