GMB Host Ed Balls Shuts Down Quentin Letts For Mr Cooper Jibe About Wifes Shadow Cabinet Role [Video]

Good Morning Britain host Ed Balls confronted journalist Quentin Letts for “patronising” him after the guest referred to him multiple times as “Mr. Cooper” – inferring that the host’s legitimate line of questioning about the Tory government was informed by his wife’s role as an opposition politician.

Balls, who served in multiple New Labour-era administrations himself, is married to current Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, and took Letts to task on the “taunt” in an awkward calling out that saw Letts, a regular contributor to the right-leaning Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph newspapers, hang his head.

The confrontation started when Balls asked questions about the Tory government’s Rwanda Bill, stalled after several defeats in the House of Lords. The host asked the panel whether the move was a political “gamble” when Letts contributed.

Letts: “Well, Mr. Cooper, I would say that the closer you get to the election, the less there will be an electoral …