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Will Hayward

Stop Brexit Man interrupts Good Morning Britain with rendition of 'Bye, Bye, Boris'

Welsh protester Steve Bray has interrupted Good Morning Britain with a song mocking beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Susanna Reid and former MP Ed Balls were standing outside the Houses of Parliament presenting the ITV morning show when suddenly loud music started playing.

Susanna stopped talking and started to laugh adding: "Where has that come from? Are we about to do Karaoke?" Looking around for the source of the noise Ed Balls responded: "I think it must be a new Downing Street tactic."

The pair then began dancing as the introduction to the Bay City Rollers classic Bye Bye Baby started playing. However instead of the word "Baby" it was instead the word "Boris". Reid then identified the source of the noise after a bowler hat was spotted poking above a nearby fence. "It's Steve Bray's latest protest! I suppose if you're no longer allowed to shout there are other ways of making your voice heard."

Read next: The full list of MPs who have resigned so far

"Stop Brexit Man" Steve Bray from Port Talbot, recently had his speaker confiscated after he was told that under the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Act, which came into force earlier in the day, he was forbidden from holding a noisy protest within a designated area outside the Houses of Parliament.

The latest protest comes after a series of resignations in Government, featuring two Cabinet exits, have rocked Boris Johnson's future as the UK's Prime Minister. The resignations began after Mr Johnson apologised for appointing former deputy Chief Whip Chris Pincher to a top job despite being aware of a previous complaint against him.

Rishi Sunak announced his exit as Chancellor shortly after Cabinet colleague Health Secretary Sajid Javid’s resignation announcement. Mr Sunak wrote on Twitter: “The public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously.

“I recognise this may be my last ministerial job, but I believe these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning”. You can read the full list of MPs who have resigned so far here.

Mr Bray has made headlines several times in the past. He was previously branded a "parasite" and "a tramp" by a Tory MP after he questioned him about his support for Boris Johnson. Protestor Steve Bray approached Conservative MP Lee Anderson outside Parliament on Wednesday (April 20) to ask him if he would continue to back the Prime Minister after he was fined for his involvement in the Partygate scandal, but found himself on the receiving end of an angry verbal tirade.

In March, Welsh MP David TC Davies was filmed in an irate public argument with Mr Bray who he called a "disgrace", a "nutcase" and told to "get a job". To get more political news straight to your inbox, subscribe to our Wales Matters newsletter here.

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