Piers Morgan has branded Dominic Raab a ‘total disgrace’ for wrong advice on meeting parents from a distance amid the coronavirus lockdown.

The Good Morning Britain presenter slammed the First Secretary of State for telling the public that they could meet both parents from a distance, with the government later apologising and saying that only one parent could be met at a time.

‘When Dominic Raab said you could initially see one parent, he upgraded that on the Today programme to both parents with a two metre distance,’ Piers began.

‘The government has now clarified you can’t, you can only see one.

‘So Dominic Raab has been on the airwaves this morning, not Good Morning Britain because I would have asked him the follow-up question that would have got the answers…

‘Now the government are having to apologise and clarify Dominic Raab, who has just told tens of thousands of people to go and see their parents at the same time, now apparently, you can’t.

‘What a total disgrace. How many people will now be infected because they only heard him on the Today programme?’

He added: ‘Do they not understand how dangerous this is? How serious this is? It’s a total shambles.’

Mr Raab was asked on Radio 4’s Today Programme: ‘From Wednesday, you can meet one person from outside your household. Does that mean you can’t meet two relatives at the same time, for example, parents?’

He replied: ‘From Wednesday, people can go outside to parks and certain sports where you can keep social distancing at two metres, together, with others members from their own home.

‘If you are going to the park and you can stay two metres apart, you could meet up with other members of your household.’

Mr Raab was then asked again: ‘So, you cannot meet two parents at the same time?’

And he added: ‘You could if they are two metres apart.’

Government sources, however, said that Mr Raab had misspoken, and he meant to say that only members of the same household can all go to the park together.

Elsewhere on the programme, Piers called for Raab to ‘grow a pair’ and come on Good Morning Britain.

‘If you’re watching Dominic Raab, grow a pair, will you?,’ he demanded.

‘It’s not our fault that you send a bunch of mediocre junior ministers who couldn’t answer basic questions.’

‘Your job is to come on, and explain government policy to our viewers,’ he continued.

‘Or our viewers not as important as other people’s? ‘Why is it that Good Morning Britain viewers don’t deserve government attention this morning? in this massive health crisis affecting life and death.

‘It’s pathetic. Grow a pair and come on.’

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV.

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