Conservative Question Time

DimblebyIf you were as hacked off as I was that last night’s Question Time had three Conservatives on it, do take the time to send in a complaint to the BBC.

Menzies Campbell did a good job on the panel, but both he and Charles Clarke were largely drowned out by Heseltine, Platell and the increasingly barmy Hitchens – a very unbalanced programme, even under David Dimbleby’s stewardship.

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15 Comments

  • It makes a nice change from having the programme packed with left-wingers…

  • Not that complaining will do much good. I complained about the programme which was broadcast from Glasgow a couple of weeks ago. The basis of my complaint was that they had someone from Labour, Tories, Gnats and Tommy the Trot. No Lib Dem! Yet we are in partnership government in the Scottish Parliament and were the 2nd party of Scotland in terms of both seats and votes in the 2005 Westminster election.

    All the BBC said was: “Question Time aims to generate a lively weekly debate on topical issues and to represent a broad range of views within each programme. However, it cannot do this and ensure strict political balance within the five-person panel each week.” Hogwash!

  • Duncan Borrowman 3rd Nov '06 - 2:15pm

    Does anybody (except political hacks) watch it these days?

    I know in my short period working on it (when it was done by a different production company) I was stood next to the series producer when she said “I suppose we had better have a bloody Lib Dem on” when discussing a future edition.

  • Rob Fenwick 3rd Nov '06 - 3:07pm

    No bitterness there then, newmania?

  • Newmania

    this ‘little party’ polled between a 5th and quater of the votes at the last election.

  • Martin Hoscik 3rd Nov '06 - 8:10pm

    I didn’t think Hitchens was a Tory member?

    Anyhow if we complain at an edition like this does it mean we should also complain when Charles and the LibDem supporting Germaine Greer appears on the same show (22 June)? or when Tariq Ali who voted LibDem at the GE appeared with Charles (21 September)?

  • Rob Fenwick 3rd Nov '06 - 10:28pm

    To Martin – when QT has a full panel of five, it’s very likely that two panelists will share broadly similar views. Fine. But why I think last night is worthy of complaint is that in a panel of five there were THREE tories.

  • Martin Hoscik 3rd Nov '06 - 10:39pm

    Rob Hitchens isn’t a Tory member according to anything I can find – and indeed is pretty critical of the Tory party – which leaves two presumed members.

    I’m still not convinced I see the difference with Charles appearing alongside people who have encouraged others to vote LibDem which is certainly more than I can recall Hitchens doing. Although he may well have and I missed it.

  • Stephen Tall 3rd Nov '06 - 10:53pm

    Peter Hitchens (a valued constitutent of in my ward, btw) used to be a Tory. Indeed, displayed one of the few Tory posters in my first election, back in 2000. As was clear from last night’s show, he is now very disaffected. But still right-wing.

  • I thought he must live near here somewhere, Stephen. I’ve seen him on his bike round Abingdon a few times in recent months.

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