From miniskirts to Meghan Markle, Piers Morgan’s misogynistic comments have no place in modern Britain

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I would say it is when the perpetrator refuses to acknowledge how uncomfortable their “joke” is making the victim; or when someone persists in pulling apart someone’s character – on live television – as we’ve seen repeatedly with Morgan’s comments on Meghan Markle. In fact, Morgan’s own colleagues are seemingly so disappointed in the way he’s appeared to persistently demonise Markle, including saying that he “did not believe” her disclosure that she had suicidal thoughts, that fellow presenter Alex Beresford challenged him over “trashing her” – and Morgan stormed off set. So, the irony of watching Morgan walk away on live TV, saying, “Sorry, I can’t do this” – just one day after refuting any possibility of Meghan Markle needing to leave a situation for the good of her mental health – is delicious. We need to keep calling out behaviour like Morgan’s for being “pathetic and diabolical” – just as his colleagues have done.