People are loving Naga Munchetty’s shutdown of this Tory MP over those new NHS nurses

John Plunkett. Updated December 19th, 2019

You’ll know by now this bewilderingly long-running ‘confusion’ over the Conservatives’ promise to recruit 50,000 more nurses.

Except they’re not 50,000 new nurses, as you might have heard, because the government’s maths includes 19,000 who simply aren’t leaving the NHS.

And it’s good they’re not leaving, it just doesn’t add up to 50,000.

Anyway, BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty just isn’t taking any of this nonsense anymore and went viral on Twitter because people loved her for it.

Here she is talking to – Google, Google – Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak today.]

THEY ARE STILL CLAIMING 31,000 NEW NURSES ARE 50,000 NEW NURSES AND NAGA IS NOT HAVING IT pic.twitter.com/sW2F7YoGny

— Toby Earle (@TobyonTV) December 19, 2019

Boom.

Maybe it was health secretary Matt Hancock, appearing on BBC Breakfast earlier this week, that pushed her over the edge.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock attempts to clarify the government’s policy on 50,000 more nurses on #BBCBreakfast pic.twitter.com/EKrp1jUEOG

— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) December 18, 2019

And just a few of the things people were saying about it.

https://twitter.com/RachelBullEdwa1/status/1207566872406843392?s=20

https://twitter.com/elishbayley01/status/1207577096870125568?s=20

Naga Munchetty: *starts taking zero shit from lying politicians*

RW Twitter: Naga is so rude and aggressive!

Piers Morgan: *IS actually rude and aggressive to almost everyone and has been for years*

RW Twitter: Piers tells it like it is.

— Jeanna Louise Skinner is UPDATES ONLY (@JeannaLStars) December 19, 2019

Well done Naga on @BBCBreakfast for actually getting Tories to answer a question instead of parroting the same jingo bullshit. He didn't say anything at all.

— Joe Mott (@motti82) December 19, 2019

Funny to see the angry gammon crowd complaining about how Naga is "disrespectful"… Guys, you voted for a liar, misogynistic, homophobic, racist guy and everyone who got elected under him ran the same vile campaign.. And you're complaining about disrespect?? pic.twitter.com/G3tyKy6sb5

— Audrey (@AudreyMagel) December 19, 2019

And just in case you were still wondering about those new nurses, Channel 4 did a fact check.

Images BBC