Lord Sugar calls out 'sickening bully' Piers Morgan for 'slagging off the government'

Lord Sugar has branded Piers Morgan a 'sickening bully" after the controversial Good Morning Britain host laid into the UK Government over its handling of coronavirus crisis.

The Apprentice head honcho attacked Morgan on social media for not allowing ministers to answer questions the ITV breakfast show host had asked.

Replying to a post Morgan had written earlier, Lord Sugar said: "RT Nonsense. 'Ministers all get plenty of time to speak on @GMB. But if they don’t answer questions or answer a different question, or say something stupid, then I will interrupt them to get a straight answer. It’s called journalism.' NO IT'S CALLED BULLYING."

Minutes later, Lord Sugar launched another attack of Morgan, saying he was "sickening" for his comments over the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

In the Tweet, he wrote: "How sickening is @piersmorgan he slags off gov. Then when they publish clear details he delves into stupid scenarios to criticise. e.g. 'Can’t wait to look round 50 random houses with estate agents tomorrow, so long as none of them are my family’s houses containing my family'."

The rant is the latest attack in a long-running bitter feud between the pair.

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