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Piers Morgan and Jess Phillips were embroiled in a furious row on Good Morning Britain today.

The controversial TV presenter met his match in the Birmingham MP on Tuesday, January 7.

Ms Phillips was on the ITV1 daytime show - days after announcing her leadership bid for Labour.

Ms Phillips confirmed on Friday evening she would be running to lead the party, with Sir Keir Starmer tipped by many as the frontrunner.

Today, the Yardley MP appeared on ITV1 - where she kicked off at Piers after trying to 'mansplain' a comment she made over the weekend.

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Ms Phillips was clarifying her position about whether she'd ever campaign to rejoin the EU in the future if it was "more economically viable".

The politician asked Piers and his co-host Susanna Reid whether they could imagine a prime minister not fighting for the safety and economic security of their country, reports the Manchester Evening News .

Piers cut in: "Actually what you're saying is, you would fight to reverse the Brexit decision."

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Jess hit back: "Nope that's absolutely not what I was saying."

When she was hit with more criticism over her words, she continued: "No, no, no. Can I just say, they were my words, I'll say what they mean, thank you Piers."

She added, with a glint in her eye: "I understand you like to talk over people."

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But Piers continued by saying that "facts don't allow for emotion" adding: "the words are right in front of us."

This comes after the Labour leadership contender spoke out on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show suggesting she would be prepared to argue for Britain to re-enter the European Union at the next general election.

"If our country is safer, if it is more economically viable to be in the EU, then I will fight for that," she said.

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV.