Kate intervened when Matt Vickers appeared on the ITV show on Friday

Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway shouted over a Tory MP when he appeared on the ITV show as he told a blatant lie amid the immigration row. The 58-year-old TV host was back presenting Good Morning Britain alongside Rob Rinder on Friday morning when they were joined by Conservative politician Matt Vickers.

The hosts and guest were discussing the immigration crisis, but Kate had to loudly intervene when Matt seemed to tell a total mistruth and claimed that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has put a law in place which she was convinced did not exist, writes the Mirror.

He said: “The reality is we need to stop people coming and what this government done is the opposite of that, there are 50 per cent more people arriving, and that’s because Keir Starmer changed the law. He said that if you break into the country, you can become a British citizen. What does that message send to the people?”

And immediately, as the words left his mouth, Kate hit back: “I don’t think Sir Keir Starmer has ever said that! I don’t think…” but the MP interrupted: “He has changed the law, it’s a fact, he has changed the law to allow people to come here illegally.

“It is a fact. It was illegal before, we put it in black and white. If you break in, you can’t become a British citizen.”

Kate fired back: “Hang on, one of the things you need to negotiate is where they’re going to go back to. I’m not a member of the government in any way shape or form. They’ve negotiated a deal with France which the Conservative government weren’t able to return and they’ve said all along they want to smash the gangs and stop the illegal crossing.

The journalist, 58, was back in her hosting seat on ITV’s Good Morning Britain alongside Rob Rinder when they were joined by Conservative politician Matt Vickers(Image: ITV)

“What you haven’t answered is, in the short term, where would you put people who need to be processed, you’ve mentioned camps. They aren’t built, how quickly would you be able to build them?”

Vickers replied: “The reality is the number of people arriving in the country has gone up a little bit, it’s gone up hugely. And the people being deported has gone down. The dashboard is flashing red, it’s going the wrong way.

“You need to tell people that if they come here illegally, they will not be allowed to stay. Until that happens, these people are going to continue to come in ever-increasing numbers”

As the interview was coming to a close, Kate was still at a loss to what law the MP had mentioned, and her co-host Rob had no idea either. She said: “It’s good to talk to you, thank you very much indeed.”

As they were about to move on, Rob said: “I wonder what law he’s referring to,” and Kate agreed as she added: “I’m not sure, but we can check it out, he put his point clear!”

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