Piers Morgan in furious clash with son Spencer as they row over lockdown for a third time
PIERS Morgan engaged in a furious clash with his son Spencer as they rowed over lockdown for a third time.
The Good Morning Britain presenter, 55, came head-to-head with his eldest son, 27, after he claimed no one wants the lockdown "apart from dad".
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Spencer was responding to a YouGov poll which showed 72% of English people back the Prime Minister's lockdown plans - starting on Thursday.
However, Piers told Spencer that no one "wants" the lockdown and he believes the measures are what the country needs to get the virus under control.
Spencer wrote: "Haha. Such BS. Literally not met a person who wants it apart from dad".
The presenter replied: "Nobody WANTS a lockdown. But most people, as this poll shows, believe one is now essential to control the virus and save lives.
"You shouldn't judge the popularity of your view on what Twitter says... it's invariably wrong about absolutely everything."
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a second national lockdown on Saturday to go into effect on Thursday 5 November.
This isn't the first time the father and son have clashed over their differing views on Covid-19.
In the beginning of October, Spencer claimed ";increased testing really has exposed the lie of Covid hasn't it".
He added: "We either lockdown forever or get on with life. There is no in between at this stage. Any other measures just delay the inevitable."
However, Piers took issue with the second tweet, saying: "No. There absolutely is an in-between option: suppress the virus as best we can until there's a vaccine or drugs that stop people dying.
"But do that we need a testing system that works... and a population prepared to tolerate sensible not absurd lifestyle restrictions."
Then later on in the month, they clashed again after Piers begged "covidiots" to unfollow him.
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Spencer took to his popular Twitter page to moan: "Lockdownists think money grows on trees don't they."
Piers retweeted the message and added: "You can revive economies. You can't revive dead people."
Immediately after, the star seethed: "Can all Covidiots please just unfollow me and f*ck off.
"This 2nd wave is extremely serious & I'm not interested in your insane conspiracy theories, your dumb fake charts, your 'proof' that covid's 'not as bad as the flu' - or any of your ignorant abusive garbage."
Spencer shared the message alongside the simple comment: "It was a fun 27 years. Farewell".
