'Don't tell me what I know!' Explosive GB News row breaks out as two stars clash

Nana and Alex came to blows on GB News (Image: GB News)

The set of GB News descended into chaos this afternoon, on December 28, as two presenters came to blows. Alex Cairns and Nana Akua clashed massively, live on air, over the topic of illegal migration.

They had been discussing whether or not Labour were right to scrap the Rwanda plan. The former government's plans aimed to decrease the number of migrant crossings in the English channel, stop human smuggling, and boost Rwandan investment and development.

Alex pointed out that "lots of people are using criminal gangs" and "paying them thousands of pounds" to head over to the UK. Hitting out at the Labour government, the GB News guest added: "They wouldn't be coming over on small boats had the Home Office not been a mess for so many years."

He continued saying that the criminal gangs are "exploiting poor people". Nana interrupted as she asked: "What about the Albanians? There are lots of people coming over in their droves and there's no persecution going on there."

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Alex replied: "The majority of people that are coming over on small boats Nana, you know this, are..." His co-star seemed somewhat annoyed as she cut in to say: "No, no, don't tell me what I know. You don't know what I know."

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The presenters had opposing views on illegal immigration (Image: GB News)

"But we've discussed this," Alex argued back. "We've looked at the stats before and actually it's very much about the fact that the middle east - Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran - all these countries that have mutliple geopolitical issues are coming over on small boats.

"Why? Because they can't get visa applications through quickly enough."

But Nana hit out at Alex saying that what he was saying "doesn't really make sense". She said: "We have deals with people from Afghanistan. And even when we have deals with people they're still using the small boats."

The presenter quizzed: "Why would you come via small boat if there is actually a safe and legal route for you to apply for a safe refuge in this country?" Alex hit back saying: "Because it's taking too long and they're living in very difficult routes that we can't relate to."

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At that point the hosts then began to shout over each other with Nana accusing Alex of having "excuses". Things became rather heated as they both tried to get their points across while raising their voices and interrupting each other.

Fans of the news channel hit out at Alex on social media. One user wrote: "He offered no reasonable counter arguments whatsoever."

Another added: "What an arrogant and very out of touch man he is. Just after a few minutes of his dreadful attitude I had to switch over."

Meanwhile, a third said: "The beta male is hilarious. He defeats himself with his own arguments. Demonstrably ignorant of the facts."