'YOU'RE SO POMPOUS, PIERS!'
Nick Clegg makes extraordinary outburst on Good Morning Britain after he gets riled up by Piers Morgan over tuition fees
NICK CLEGG branded TV presenter Piers Morgan "pompous" after he lost the rag in a stormy telly interview on Brexit today.
The former Lib Dem boss was left seething after Mr Morgan suggested students may be less keen to believe his views after his promise to end tuition fees turned to dust.
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After being blamed by the host for causing Brexit by letting then-PM David Cameron get a majority in 2015, thereby allowing him to call the EU referendum, Mr Clegg said: "This is getting ridiculous.
A clearly furious Mr Clegg shook his head muttering "extraordinary man" before blasting "you're so pompous Piers, you really are".
But Mr Morgan hit back: "What's pompous about that? It wasn't me who trebled tuition fees."
Mr Clegg's Lib Dems lost swathes of support after they abandoned their flagship pledge to banish tuition fees while in Coalition Government.
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Following their U-turn, fees rocketed to £9,000.
The pair's duel began on ITV's Good Morning Britain show when Mr Clegg appeared to discuss a major speech on Brexit.
Mr Morgan asked him: “A lot of students would look at you and think that was a pretty cynical move to promise the end of tuition fees and then treble them.
“But I will take you at your word that you are a bastion of non-cynicism in an otherwise cesspit of cynicism in Westminster. Thank god you’re here.”
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Looking aghast, Mr Clegg muttered “what an extraordinary man” under his breath.
He went on: “You are so pompous Piers, you really are”.
Later on the same show the GMB host screamed at Labour's Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott after she dodged answering whether she would push the nuclear button.
In a speech this afternoon Mr Clegg claimed Brexit would hit living standards for millions of people and put a £59 billion dent in the public finances.
The former deputy prime minister said the final deal thrashed out with Brussels should be put to a referendum on whether to accept it or reverse Brexit.
His party has already pledged to campaign to keep the UK in the European Union.
Mr Clegg also accused the Tories of "hurting the very people who need most help" saying a typical household will be £500 worse off this year than in 2016, according to analysis from the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
This afternoon the Lib Dems said their membership had hit an all-time high - eclipsing a previous record set in 1994.
The party now has more than 101,000 members.
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