Bbc breakfast viewers demand charlie stayt stop 'brutal' atkins chat

It wasn’t long before Charlie Stayt probed Atkins over comments made by her colleague, Lee Anderson, who was criticised for saying food bank users need to learn to cook to help them get out

of poverty. Atkins failed to give a substantial answer and BBC Breakfast viewers demanded Stayt but an end to the “unprofessional” and “brutal” interview. Stayt had to cut in on several

occasions as Atkins tried to avoid his probing questions. Atkins stated: “In terms of Lee Anderson’s comments yesterday, I saw the debate and think in fairness, he was taking about his local

food bank, who was offering not just immediate help with food but also longer term support. “Look, there are community groups around the country who try to help people not just in the

short-term but in the medium and longer term as well. “I am absolutely, I do not agree with the headlines I’ve seen in the papers today, absolutely not. READ MORE: CORONATION STREET THEORY:

TIM METCALFE GETS DEVASTATING HEALTH UPDATE “You get the food if you agree to be told how to cook. Do you agree with that?” Atkins replied: “I’m not, I don’t,” as she stumbled, Stayt cut in:

“Do you agree is the question?” The MP tried to answer: “Government does not, we do not want to tell people how to live their lives but what I do know is there are community groups around

the country - and this isn’t, these rules aren’t set by central government, they’re volunteers at the food bank, if I’ve understood it correctly. “They have created these rules, I imagine,

because they believe it will help local residents and so, I know there are many community groups in my own constituency, they do great work trying to help people in a range of ways in the

short term but also in the longer terms. DON'T MISS... FAMILIES FEAR FOR FUTURE AS THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS BITES [LATEST] NAGA MUNCHETTY REACTS AS GUEST SAYS CHARLES COULD'VE

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local communities, it’s not for me to say, that was wrong or that was right. We want to help people in the immediate term.” Taking to Twitter to beg Stayt to end the interview, Richard Peake

tweeted: “Stop the interview Charlie, she has no answers #bbcbreakfast.” “Charlie Stayt didn’t need to be so blooming rude to Victoria Atkins on @BBCBreakfast - how unprofessional,”

@undecripted posted. “Why interview someone you constantly berate and dismiss?? #Rude #bbcbreakfast.” @KarmaUnc added: “She's not answering the question Charlie, cut her off.

#BBCBreakfast.”