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Jasmine Allday

Good Morning Britain forced to pause live ITV show as they're interrupted by music protest

Good Morning Britain were forced to move their broadcast to the studio after a music protest interrupted proceedings.

All morning during the ITV show, protesters calling for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign after a horrific 12 hours for the Conservative Party, which has seen the Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Health Secretary Sajid Javid as well as other members of the government resign amid Mr Johnson's flailing leadership.

As Susanna Reid and Ed Balls fronted the show from Westminster for today's breakfast show, they were interrupted by music blaring out from nearby - and both presenters soon realised where it was coming from.

Ed and Susanna presented live from Westminster today (ITV)

Ed was giving a piece to camera where he said: "It was clear that Rishi Sunak -" before Susanna interrupted him to comment on the music being blared nearby.

"Is that -? Sorry, where's that coming from?" Susanna said, "Are we about to do karaoke?" Ed then suggested it was a new Downing Street tactic, as he looked over to see where the music was coming from, with it finally being revealed the cause of it.

Then the music reached its crescendo and it was revealed activist Steve Bray was behind it, as he sang "Bye Bye Boris" in the tune of "Bye Bye Baby". Susanna danced along to the music as she looked over at what was going on.

Mr Johnson is facing fresh calls to quit (AFP via Getty Images)

"I suppose if you're no longer allowed to shout, there are other ways of making your voice heard," she said.

Viewers tuning into the ITV show loved the new music as calls mount for Mr Johnson to quit.

"Hahaha that's made my morning, bay city rollers tribute #gmb," one wrote, as a second added: " @snb19692 interrupting #GMB with Bye Bye Boris might just be the funniest bit of TV I've seen in a long time.

"The moment of confusion before he started singing was absolutely brilliant."

They were interrupted by a rendition of Bye Bye Boris (ITV)

A third shared: "Yes @snb19692!!! Great song on #gmb ! Bye bye Boris !!" with a fourth adding: "Haha how confused were Ed and Susanna there!" as they commented on the music blaring from the speakers.

A number of politicians and staff have resigned in the past 12 hours, starting with Mr Sunak and Mr Javid, who quit within minutes of each other. This morning, Laura Trott and Will Quince, both MPs, have also quit their government positions.

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