Owen Jones has head in hands as Piers humiliates him: ‘Do you not sign off these things?’

Good Morning Britain hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid welcomed columnist Owen onto the show to talk about Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s address to the public last night. However, talk soon turned to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s speech as he distanced himself from previous leader Jeremy Corbyn and Owen’s latest book, This Land: The Story of a Movement.

After watching a clip of Sir Keir talking about the difference between Labour under his leadership compared to Corbyn’s, Owen gave his opinion on why the stance on Brexit often changed.

“Because of that relentless zig-zagging over Brexit because they weren’t clear after the 2017 election, ‘This is what we think on Brexit guys, we’re sticking to this no matter what,’ it meant they were dragged in that direction and Jeremy Corbyn looked like this vacillated,” Owen began before he was cut off by Piers.

The host quickly turned attention to Owen’s book and teased him about the praise he’d included on the cover.

He asked: “Let me ask you this, is there much point, look, the book is very well-written as always.

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Owen Jones has head in hands as Piers humiliates him: ‘Do you not sign off these things?’ (Image: ITV)

Owen Jones was red-faced when Piers Morgan teased him about new book This Land: The Story of a Movement (Image: ITV)

“You modestly have Russell Brand on the back describing you as our generation’s Orwell, which I think is something even I have hesitated about doing on my book but I salute you.”

Owen put his head in his hands as Susanna remarked: “You don’t look proud of that.”

“If Russell Brand calls me the new Orwell, it will be on the back of my book,” Piers continued.

“In the end, this book is quite a revisionist book about what happened with Corbyn.

Owen Jones could be seen hiding his face as his fellow guests teased him (Image: ITV)

“Do you accept what Keir Starmer has done? He has put a slam dunk line in the sand now between him and all things Corbyn.

“He’s done it because he thinks it’s the right way to get elected.”

“Well firstly, I did not design my book jacket and that’s all I’m going to say on that matter,” Owen explained.

Piers hit back: “Do you not clear these things? We’ve had this chat before.

“Do you not clear these things? I’ve just signed off on every word of my book.”

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“I think I need your level of control freak,” Owen answered as Susanna advised: “Stick it in the contract Owen.”

He replied: “You’ve become my idol by the looks of things.”

Earlier on the show, Owen made his thoughts on the Prime Minister’s public briefing very clear.

He ranted: “The key facts they can’t away with when they try to say ‘Hey guys, this was a global pandemic, sure we make mistakes but how could we know what was going to happen?’

“They locked down too late, we didn’t have enough PPE, we had constant disastrous messaging.

“We had those vulnerable patients discharged from hospitals without a test and into care homes and that seeded a sector with really vulnerable people in it.

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“They drove people back to work and to schools. Do you remember a month ago on the front of the Telegraph? ‘If you don’t go back to work, you face the sack.’

“Now they’ve had to U0turn after menacing British workers with losing their jobs if they aren’t driven back to workplaces.

“According to the Trades Union Congress, nearly half don’t have social distancing, Eat Out to Spread the Virus.

“And of course, most catastrophically of them all at the moment, a test and trace system which they handed out to these private contractors, which has virtually collapsed.

“All I’d say on this was there was an attempt to push the blame on the public which I fear has actually cut through with a lot of people.”

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV at 6am.