THAT’S CRAZY! BBC Breakfast’s Jon Kay sparks FURY as viewers all have Same Complaint

Viewers of BBC Breakfast were left asking “what is wrong with Jon Kay?” as the presenter interviewed the Minister for the Future of Roads Lillian Greenwood on the flagship morning show. Those tuning in took umbrage at his interview technique as he probed Greenwood about plans to give discounts to those switching to electric cars. Unamused by the segment they and to X to vent with one even calling for OfCom to get involved.

“Jon Kay needs to lay off the caffeine, he’s far too shouty and animated,” one observed. “Why the negative and misleading approach to your interview Jon Kay? Is this intentional or simply due to the fact you lack the fundamental skills to conduct a meaningful discussion #bbcbreakfast,” another wrote. A third chimed in: “Why would garages increase their prices because more people are getting electric cars Jon Kay? That’s a ridiculous statement to say @Ofcom do your job #BBCBreakfast.”

“Jon Kay and Peter the business presenter being openly negative about EV’s. Every day they fail as a public service broadcaster. This programme and its presenters need to be put in the bin. #bbcbreakfast,” a fourth raged.

Meanwhile a sixth asked: “What is wrong with Jon Kay? His voice, mannerisms and gestures, but particularly his voice, are becoming more excessively exaggerated each time he introduces a new item. What a clown #bbcbreakfast.”

Broaching the subject with the minister Kay said: “The headline figure we’ve just read is £3,750 off a new electric car, but that’s only for cars that cost £37,000 pounds or less. The average electric car costs considerably more than that, and so won’t be included. So how many people are actually going to benefit from this?

“Well, we expect 10s of thousands of people to benefit from this. There are more and more models available at lower cost. I think there are now 36 models available at less than £30,000. So there will be a range of cars that people will be able to buy accessing this discount,” she insiated.

As the chat progressed he raised the cost of electric vehicles speculating this incentive to buy might encourage garages to increase their prices.

“Just on the price of these cars,call me cynical, but if dealerships, garages, know that the government are going to be offering discounts to people, isn’t it very likely that those garages will put up their prices so it won’t actually really end up being that much help to ask the motorists in the end?”

Greenwood disputed this hypothesis. “I think some some manufacturers might lower their prices, so if they get under the £37,000, then they’ll be able to sell that model with a discount. We know that we want electric cars to be more affordable. That price gap is coming down all the time, and this discount is there to help people to make that switch. That’s what we want.

“We want people to be able to choose an electric vehicle. People who have (already) chosen an electric vehicle, over 90% of them say they never go back. It can save people money. We want it to be accessible to more people. That’s why we’re targeting the lower end of the electric vehicle market, not luxury cars that people can clearly afford to buy already.”