
Nadine Dorries says ITV’s ‘toxic’ This Morning should be axed
The IndependentSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Senior Tory Nadine Dorries has said that the “toxic” and “stale” ITV programme This Morning should be axed following the Phillip Schofield scandal. Ms Dorries questioned the “entire culture” at This Morning and said ITV viewers had been “lied to” over the affair, adding: “I don’t think it should survive.” She told Talk TV: “I think is not going away, and I just don’t think it can survive in its present format. And that made me feel more uncomfortable than answering the questions.” Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has weighed in on row Mr Schofield has been dropped by his talent agency YMU and axed as an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust after admitting to lying to colleagues about his affair, with the royal charity saying it is “no longer appropriate” to work with him. “Both parties were questioned and both categorically and repeatedly denied the rumours, as did Phillip’s then agency YMU.” The spokesperson added: “Phillip’s statement yesterday reveals that he lied to people at ITV, from senior management to fellow presenters, to YMU, to the media and to others over this relationship.” In an Instagram post earlier on Monday, Mr Schofield hit back at his critics, saying there was “no toxicity” on This Morning.
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Are these Phillip Schofield's 'three s**ts of showbiz'?: Friends of ex-This Morning host identify ITV colleagues he blames for his downfall, as PR war against Holly Willoughby steps up
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Phillip Schofield text to This Morning co-host Holly Willoughby day before ITV firing ‘revealed’
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Phillip Schofield 'reported Holly Willoughby to senior ITV bosses' after she refused to back him - as it emerges he calls her 'The Witch' and blames HER for his This Morning downfall
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Phillip Schofield 'reported Holly Willoughby to senior ITV bosses' after she refused to back him - as it emerges he calls her 'The Witch' and blames HER for his This Morning downfall
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Phillip Schofield looks pretty pleased with himself as he is pictured for the first time since his TV comeback news broke - after followers branded him a 'narcissist'
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Phillip Schofield makes a dramatic return to TV after secretly filming a new show on a remote island - 16 months after off-screen affair led to ITV axe
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Ex-BBC commissioner makes Strictly prediction after ‘unacceptable’ scandal
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ITV to ban under-18s from working on This Morning as broadcaster seeks to roll out new reforms in the wake of the Phillip Schofield scandal - which will include a crackdown on 'nepo babies'
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Phillip Schofield could be offered a new job role on commercial radio after being given a 'fresh chance' following ITV 'whitewash' report into his This Morning affair, sources say
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ITV Phillip Schofield investigation ‘unable to uncover’ evidence of affair with PA
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Phillip Schofield steps out as ITV publishes review into his behaviour: Ex-host returns home after refusing to take part in report - which found staff 'are too scared to speak out' and only one junior
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Jack Whitehall shocks as he awkwardly mentions former host Phillip Schofield live on This Morning after his ITV exit and affair revelation
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Loose Women stars send messages of support for Holly Willoughby as they speculate that This Morning star will 'surprise us' with her next career move
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Timeline of Holly Willoughby’s This Morning career: From Queuegate to Philip Schofield
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Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield's dramatic year on This Morning
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‘Unusual and odd’ that ITV did not know about Schofield – TV company boss
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Phillip Schofield’s lover denied affair 12 times, ITV boss Carolyn McCall tells MPs
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Even Google’s search engine had Phillip Schofield’s number – so why didn’t ITV?
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Phillip Schofield news latest: David Baddiel tears apart Holly Willoughby’s This Morning statement
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Amanda Holden mocks Holly Willoughby’s ‘Are you OK?’ This Morning statement
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Holly Willoughby’s This Morning statement addressing Schofield scandal in full
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Piers Morgan defends Holly Willoughby after ‘patronising’ Phillip Schofield speech
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Eamonn Holmes launches yet another attack on Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield
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This Morning viewers react to Holly Willoughby’s ‘ridiculous’ Phillip Schofield speech
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This Morning editor Martin Frizell gives bizarre response to ‘toxic work environment’ question
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Phillip Schofield shares text he sent Holly Willoughby after admitting to This Morning affair
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Piers Morgan, Eamonn Holmes and Alison Hammond: Celebrities who weighed in on Phillip Schofield’s scandal
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Axed This Morning star Philip Schofield is pictured embracing his mother, 87, on a bench in Cornwall
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This Morning editor Martin Frizell speaks out over Phillip Schofield scandal
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This Morning editor on toxic culture claims: There are some scores being settled
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Phillip Schofield’s hands were ‘shaking’ during ‘delicate’ interview, says BBC’s Amol Rajan
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Phillip Schofield: 5 biggest revelations from former This Morning host’s sit-down interview about affair scandal
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ITV chief executive asked to face MP questions about Philip Schofield and This Morning scandal
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Jodie Marsh ‘gets revenge’ on Phillip Schofield years after heated This Morning clash
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ITV orders review into Phillip Schofield’s departure from This Morning
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Eamonn Holmes accuses former colleague Phillip Schofield of ‘toxicity’ and ITV of ‘cover-up’
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Holly Willoughby ‘has nothing to hide’ about Phillip Schofield scandal and ‘will return’ to This Morning
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Eamonn Holmes accuses Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby of 'lying' about queuegate
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Phillip Schofield: MPs to question ITV over affair controversy
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Phillip Schofield and This Morning: So what’s next?
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Phillip Schofield’s statement in full addressing ‘This Morning’ affair scandal
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This Morning employee ‘was 15’ when he met Phillip Schofield during school visit
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Eamonn Holmes hits out at ‘delusional’ Phillip Schofield in scathing Twitter message
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Is This Morning on today? Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary to return amid Phillip Schofield ITV scandal
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Phillip Schofield denies claims of ‘toxicity’ at This Morning
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Holly Willoughby has ‘questions to answer’, Nadine Dorries claims amid Phillip Schofield scandal
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Dr Ranj Singh accuses This Morning of ‘toxic culture’ as Schofield scandal grows
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Now ex-This Morning star Dr Ranj weighs into Phillip Schofield drama
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This Morning hosts 'threaten to quit' after Phillip Schofield's affair
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