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Good Morning Britain's Adil Ray really grilled Shadow Economic Secretary Tulip Saddiq over Labour's stance on the current rail strikes.
On Tuesday morning's programme (June 29), Tulip Saddiq told Adil and co-host Susanna Reid that the Labour Party didn't support the strikes.
However, the interview got heated when Adil asked her: "Are you out of touch with your own party?"
To which she replied: "Let's put it this way, we can't sit around and clap workers who are driving our trains or tubes during the pandemic, calling them key workers and then refuse to give them better pay conditions.
"But I want to go back to what you said, why are these people striking?
"They are striking because the situation we're facing is the worst cost of living crisis in 30 years.
"We're in a situation as you've already said, where my constituents are being told, 'Wait 10 weeks before you even apply to renew your passport'.
"We're in a situation where people are being told, 'Don't renew your driving licence because we can't get it to you'.
"There are 400,000 currently waiting for a new driving licence. People who rely on their driver's licence for their livelihood."
Susanna then argued: "If you're behind the strikers, and you support the strike action, why did your leader order front benches to stay away from picket lines? Surely that's the most obvious way to support those workers who are striking."
The Labour MP slammed: "Well, as I said, we didn't want this strike to go ahead.
"We obviously respect workers' right to strike but we didn't want the strike to go ahead. But the truth is we're not in government. The government has a responsibility to sit around the table with these people, the workers and employees who are striking, listen to their concerns and come to some sort of sectoral agreement."
Adil then furiously said to the MP: "Are you out of touch with your own party? We shouldn't haven't been in a position where these strikes were even going ahead."
Later in the conversation, he raged: "When the unions and workers feel that they've reached breaking point, the party they would expect would support them? The Labour Party.
"You're saying even when it comes to breaking point after all that you've just said when it comes to a difficult decision… a lot won't get paid if they strike.
"They haven't got your support. They have not got the support of the Labour Party when they go out there… decide to have no money and go out and strike on the picket lines. They don't have your support."
- Good Morning Britain
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