‘Nobody approves of her. Get rid of her!’
Fiona Bruce has sparked fury from Question Time viewers who accused her of “biased” reporting following Thursday’s edition of the show.
During the latest episode of the debate show, Bruce was presenting from Horsham in West Sussex.
On the panel, the BBC presenter spoke with police minister Chris Philp MP, Labour’s shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland Peter Kyle MP, editor of the Economist Zanny Minton Beddoes, spoken-word artist George the Poet, and Conservative peer and chairman of Asda Lord Stuart.
During the episode, Lord Stuart was praised for an impassioned response he gave in answer to a question about whether the UK’s asylum system is in crisis.
The Asda chairman said: “We should get away from this playground chat.
“My mother was an immigrant, I probably wouldn’t get into this country today.
“Let’s not knock it,” he went on to tell the panel.
A clip of his answer went viral on Twitter after the show.
“I don’t like the rhetoric..are we starting a war with these people down in Manston?”
Asda chairman Stuart Rose criticises the home secretary for visiting an immigration centre in a chinook and says his immigrant parents probably wouldn’t be allowed into the UK today #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/YuuNZolwKo
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) November 3, 2022
One person pointed out that they didn’t think Bruce looked too happy with Lord Stuart’s answer though.
Sharing a clip of the debate, they said: “The face on Fiona Bruce!”
The face on Fiona Bruce! https://t.co/evaxHRhbJe
— Philandros56 (@tonyboy14865071) November 5, 2022
Many more were left angry with the host’s general performance as chair of the panel.
One person racked up thousands of likes on a tweet which read: “WHO THINKS FIONA BRUCE SHOULD BE REPLACED ON QUESTION TIME? HER BIAS IS EVERMORE APPARENT.”
WHO THINKS FIONA BRUCE SHOULD BE REPLACED ON QUESTION TIME? HER BIAS IS EVERMORE APPARENT.
— LORIAGNE GLAUCOMA! NOT SHOUTING! (@Loriagne2) November 4, 2022
Another fumed: “I’m frankly tired of seeing Fiona Bruce trending every week and reading hundreds of universally negative accounts of her performance on #bbcqt.
“Nobody approves of her. They’re all sick of her perceived bias. And the BBC acts as if nothing is happening. Get rid of her!”
I'm frankly tired of seeing Fiona Bruce trending every week and reading hundreds of universally negative accounts of her performance on #bbcqt. Nobody approves of her. They're all sick of her perceived bias.
And the BBC acts as if nothing is happening. Get rid of her!
— Alastair Morgan (@AlastairMorgan) November 4, 2022
A third tweeted: “@bbcqt Fiona Bruce’s face is NOT one of impartiality. I refuse to watch the programme as won’t be fed Conservative bias on a weekly basis by her. She should be replaced sooner rather than later.”
Someone else shared another clip from Thursday’s episode, which they labelled a “disgrace.”
Fiona Bruce ⬇️⬇️
Completely Impartial host 😳 Not
Look at the Eyes
Look at the FrownThis is a Disgrace – end of @bbcnews pic.twitter.com/u1ogKuRKDx
— Pete …. Avec the 3rd PM Clown in 4 years (@petejs1) November 3, 2022
Fiona Bruce is a useless presenter. Biased and clueless. pic.twitter.com/wDi3HEtIJW
— Withnail Jones (@withnailjones) November 4, 2022
Another criticised Bruce for not passing a comment from an audience member back to the panel for debate, saying it was an example of the host either being “partisan ot not cut out for the job.”
https://twitter.com/LorrainePickle8/status/1588430893064065024
Last month, several called for Bruce and her BBC colleague Laura Kuenssberg to be investigated over their political “impartiality.”
This was following the backlash to a BBC News presenter who said she was ‘gleeful’ at the news that Boris Johnson had dropped out the Tory leadership race.
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