Good Morning Britain fans have rushed to praise a guest who joined the studio on Tuesday after he called out the Government live on air.
Ed Balls and Ranvir Singh were at the helm of the daytime programme, discussing the latest news and topical events. One heated discussion came after findings from the Liberal Democrats claim water companies have been forced to investigate why some 2,000 pipes are regularly dumping sewage into England's rivers and coastlines.
They were joined in the studio by campaigner Feargal Sharkey, who said we are "slowly killing every single river in the country".
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New rules to permit sewage to be dumped into rivers for 15 more years were voted through by an overwhelming majority of Tory MPs last month.
While the Prime Minister has said this week he would "welcome tougher fines for water companies and that is what we are putting place", however Mr Sharkey was not convinced. Ed told him and viewers that the number of prosecutions has fallen to a fifth of the level they were a decade ago.
Mr Sharkey said: "The Government was taken to court in 2012, by the European Commission, and it was ruled that what was going on in the UK with sewage was illegal. You'd hope at that point, the Government would actually up the budget and enforcement...
"In 2015, the Secretary of State did the opposite and actually cut that part of the budget by 57%. You cannot cut any budget by 57% and not have a colossal impact."
Viewers at home applauded Mr Sharkey. Taking to Twitter, Glen said: "Thanks @Feargal_Sharkey for helping expose this terrible policy from water companies"
@Cornish_Rebel said: "The #TorySewageDisgrace is the perfect storm caused by Brexit and Privatisation of the Water Companies." Susan said: "I love how Feargal Sharkey is all over the water companies for their sewage dumping."
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV and ITVX
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