Piers and Deputy Green Party Leader Clash in Meat Tax Debate | Good Morning Britain

Caroline Lucas MP says parliament should consider a tax on meat as the meat industry is estimated to be responsible for 15% of global green house gas emissions. Deputy Leader of Green Party Amelia Womack and Chief Executive from National Sheep Association Phil Stocker debate with Piers on whether or not there should be a tax on meat.

Broadcast on 07/01/2019

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[DerekWong]

All she's saying is we should all try to eat less meat.
And then he calls her a hypocrite for eating meat at all

[raquelcarlita]

For **** sakes. Can Piers just allow the people to speak? That's why they are there.

[Esoterica]

The usual Piers Ad Hominem Morgan, he's unwatchable. I want to hear about the meat tax but he is rudely talking over her (with his same clicheéd ignorance) for first 5 minutes.
Get Earthling ED on to easily debunk his droll statements for good. (soy milk, avocados, quinoa, almonds, the lot.), and all Piers will do to try and dish dirt instead.

[SonOfTheRightHand]

The way piers Morgan think all vegetarians only eat avocados and almonds lol

[melvsdlp]

Flexitarian 😂😂😂😂. This is getting more stupid everyday!!!!

[czhaok]

I've never understood 'tax or charging' for 'bad things' it's either so agregious that you want to ban it, or you think it's ok to do as long as the person can afford the charge, pricing poor people out of everything, pick one.

[IronFreee]

I don't eat meat every day, does that makes me a flexitarians?
She talks about 12 years... What is supposed to happen after those 12 years if we do nothing? She sound like those crazy religious predicting the end of times without any solid evidence.

[roo_buck]

Every time one of these disconnected people come on this show I realise we are storming towards the world detailed in Orwell's 1984.

[Dog-bbhr]

Piers is so rude, dismissive, egocentric, arrogant and condescending.
I‘m glad we don‘t have to see his face on GMB anymore 😂

[Dog-bbhr]

Evidence shows that vegan diets tend to have far lower carbon, water and ecological footprints than those of meat- or fish-eaters.

People who follow a plant-based diet account for 75 percent less in greenhouse gas emissions than those who eat more than 3.5 ounces of meat a day, and a vegan diet also results in significantly less harm to land, water and biodiversity, according to new research from the University of Oxford.

[paulwatson]

Flexitarian well I’ve heard it all now!
Well done Piers for calling her out. She didn’t have any answers to defend her stupid stance on meat.

[Ramblingpete]

Sorry me again what is it with me and Brunettes ❤️😃

[Ramblingpete]

Amelia marry me and I’ll go vegan for you I promise ❤️🤪