Watch: Ed Balls interviews his Home Secretary wife on ITV

Good heavens. Now it’s ITV under fire after the broadcaster was accused of bias for allowing ex-politician-turned-presenter Ed Balls to interview Yvette Cooper, who also happens to be his, um, wife. Talk about keeping it in the family…

The Home Secretary was across the airwaves this morning doing the media round after horrific riots – which included two attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers – spread across the country at the weekend. But her appearance has been slammed by viewers who were outraged to see her husband conducting part of the interview. Balls first quizzed his wife about what the government, police and social media companies can do to combat ‘falsehoods’ being spread to rile up rioters before discussing two-tier policing claims. Daily Mail columnist Sarah Vine blasted the interview as being ‘beyond parody’, while other social media users accused Balls of conducting a ‘hostile‘ interview with suspended Labour MP Zarah Sultana while giving his wife ‘the softest‘