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Susanna Reid’s pitch perfect response to that excruciating Michelle Mone interview surely spoke for the nation

John Plunkett. Updated December 18th, 2023

Michelle Mone is pretty much the only story on Twitter right now after the former Conservative peer admitted that she lied when she denied repeatedly having been involved with a company that made millions of pounds in profits from UK government PPE deals during the pandemic.

Talking to the BBC’s Laura Kuennsberg, Mone said she ‘wasn’t trying to pull the wool over anyone’s eyes’ and had not told the truth about her involvement to protect her family from press attention. When told she had admitted lying to the press, Mone replied: “That’s not a crime.”

Guardian investigations found Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman, were involved with the company PPE Medpro, which was awarded contracts worth £203m after she approached ministers, including Michael Gove, with an offer to supply PPE at the height of the pandemic.

The Kuennsberg interview threw up no end of eye-opening moments, like this one.

And this one.

And this one!

And we mention it because Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid was asked for her response on the Kuennsberg show and she surely spoke for the nation.

And here’s just a flavour of the love people had for that.

Last word to @susannareid100.

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