Ofcom said the Monday programme attracted 8,201 complaints about Ed Balls questioning Ms Cooper, and an exchange with Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana.
Media regulator Ofcom has received more than 8,000 complaints after Home Secretary Yvette Cooper was interviewed by her husband Ed Balls live on TV. Balls, a former Labour cabinet minister and regular presenter on ITV's Good Morning Britain, questioned his wife about the riots gripping the UK on Monday's edition of the programme. Politics Live: Jenrick accused of 'stirring up' problems seen in riots On Wednesday, Ofcom said there were 8,201 complaints related to the segment.
While questioning was mostly led by GMB host Kate Garraway, Balls grilled his wife on accusations of 'two-tier policing' - a phrase used to describe the impression that some protests and demonstrations are dealt with more harshly than others He asked if there had been a 'softer and more cautious' approach when policing protests against the war in Gaza compared with a 'tougher' approach to the violent unrest of the past week.
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