The ITV show’s Twitter page asked viewers whether protesting ‘should be banned’ and gave the options ‘yes’ and ‘no’ for people to choose from
Loose Women quickly deleted their social media poll about protesting after receiving backlash from fans.
The ITV show’s Twitter page asked viewers whether protesting ‘should be banned’ and gave the options ‘yes’ and ‘no’ for people to choose from.
With almost 15,000 votes, 95.6% of viewers answered ‘no’. However, the poll was soon deleted.
Fans immediately questioned why the poll was deleted, taking to Twitter to slam the daytime TV show.
“Where has your poll gone? Not the result you wanted?” one user asked.
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Broadcaster Scott Bryan shared a screenshot of the show, which showed a tweaked version of the question on the bottom.
Loose Women deleted a recent poll about protesting (
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“Loose Women have deleted their poll and the TV discussion has been tweaked to “do disruptive protests work?”” Scott tweeted.
One disappointed user commented: “seething that loose women have deleted that poll haha.”
Human Rights lawyer Shoaib M Khan tweeted: “Good to see this poll has been deleted. But what were they thinking?”
“Am I seeing screenshots of Loose Women running a poll on whether protest should be banned because someone threw orange powder on a snooker table last night?” another said.
Fans were furious and slammed the show on Twitter
Protesting is a human right that is protected under the European Convention of Human Rights.
The Loose Women poll was made after a Just Stop Oil member halted play at the World Snooker Championship.
The extraordinary scenes took place during Robert Milkins’ clash against Joe Perry in the evening session at the Crucible.
The game was just a few minutes old, with Milkins leading 11-4 in, before one protester climbed from the stands and onto the table.
The poll was created after a Just Stop Oil protester showed up at the World Snooker Championship (
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VCG/VCG via Getty Images)He then proceeded to throw “coloured chalk” over half of the table – with all but two balls covered. After the activist was taken away, officials opted to remove every ball from the table and clean it, in a bid to get rid of the chalk.
The group took to Twitter to explain their actions: “At around 7:20pm, two Just Stop Oil supporters have disrupted the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, interrupting play,” they posted. “The pair proceeded to cover the tables in orange powder paint before being removed by security and arrested.
“They are demanding that the Government immediately stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and are calling on UK sporting institutions to step into in civil resistance against the Government’s genocidal policies.”
