Piers Morgan laid into the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion today for taking a chauffeured car into the studio and refusing to admit she owned a TV.

The Good Morning Britain presenter claimed it was 'hypocritical' of Skeena Rathor to attend the protests while building up her own substantial carbon footprint - and fired off questions asking which electronic items she owned.

'Do you have a TV at home? Do your children use iPads? Can you answer these questions? Do you have air conditioning? Do you walk your kids to school? Do you see the problem with all this?' he asked.

The Good Morning Britain presenter claimed it was 'hypocritical' of Skeena Rathor to attend the protests while also using electronic items in her own home - and fired off questions asking which ones she owned

Asked if she had a TV, the activist replied: Can you tell me the point you're trying to make, Piers?'

Piers asked the protester: 'How did you get here this morning?'

She replied saying: 'Your [GMB] car picked me up'.

After criticising her for 'hypocrisy', Piers began to quiz her on what electronic items were in her home, but became frustrated when she refused to be drawn in.

Labour councillor and yoga teacher who serves as activist group's 'vision coordinator' Skeena Rathor is Extinction Rebellion's 'vision coordinator' and played a key role in creating the group. She lives in Stroud, where she is a local Labour councillor, and says it is her mission to bring 'kindness, ethics and honesty to politics'. Skeena Rathor is currently working as Extinction Rebellion's 'vision coordinator' The mother of three is also a trauma release therapist as well as a specialist in pilates, yoga and meditation. She has previously said that she sees the Visioning Group’s role as a way of bringing people closer together. Ms Rathor is aiming to find a way to the 'heart' of the rebellion and revolutionary politics by working with the activists. She also works for a company called 'Compassionate Mental Health' which is calling for a more integrative approach to mental health and is moving away from traditional medications. Advertisement

Becoming increasingly agitated, Piers said angrily, 'Sorry, I'm really having a problem here. You're not answering a single question... Unbelievable. Sorry I'm really frustrated here… Total waste of time.'

The exchange began after Piers and Susanna Reid interviewed two Extinction Rebellion activists attending today's protests, who explained they wanted politicians to act to avert the 'climate catastrophe'.

When the camera panned to Skeena Rathor in the studio, Piers began asking her about what electronic gadgets she owned.

Asked if she had a TV, she smiled sheepishly and said: Can you tell me the point you're trying to make, Piers?'

He repeated the question numerous times, becoming increasingly frustrated when she didn't answer.

'Will you try answering one of my questions - can you please stop talking,' he said.

'I'm really having a problem here, I'm really frustrated here. I'd respect you more when you admit what that you actually do.'

The campaigner defended herself by saying the problem was with 'the system' and it was 'impossible' not to use electronic items 'unless you live in a wood completely on your own'.

Refusing to let the matter drop, Piers raged: 'The truth is you do have a television and you don't want to admit to having a television is because that immediately throws you into the hypocrisy debate because you're guzzling up and burning the atmosphere with your TV, and you don't want to admit it because it makes you look like a rank hypocrite.'

It came as police called in reinforcements from across Britain after failing to smash Extinction Rebellion's illegal eco-village in central London where activists were free to rave at a giant Orbital gig in Trafalgar Square last night.

The protesters even managed to expand their territory by almost a third overnight having already shut down two miles of roads around Parliament in the past 48 hours.

Today the activists began the day with a giant yoga session before again blockading Government departments starting with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [DEFRA] - there will also be a mass 'nurse-in' by breastfeeding and bottlefeeding mothers next to Westminster Abbey.

Becoming increasingly agitated, Piers said angrily, 'Sorry, I'm really having a problem here. You're not answering a single question... Unbelievable. Sorry I'm really frustrated here… Total waste of time'