BBC Question Time BBC One BBC iPlayer Instead of inviting on any of the tens of thousands of decent actual experts, they choose Nigel Farage & Piers Morgan, both employed by right-wing billionaire media barons, Tory Damian Hinds, & arguably the most right-wing Labour MP, Wes Streeting.
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The Tories are keeping the grey vote on side, further alienating the young and overlooking the middle-aged vote entirely. reaction.life/where-are-suna…

It’s nearly here, tommorow is the night, great acts, great venue and great people, raising as much money as we can for Medical Aid for Palestinians some tickets still available below, hope to see you there 🇵🇸🇵🇸

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Haroun Rashid GET A GRIP BBC Radio 4 Thanks for letting us know about the broken link. The below is working.
Examining how the Israel-Gaza war is affecting students here in the UK. Anwar Akhtar heads to Leeds, and gets a close-up view of the tensions bubbling over at the university.
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So pundit Nigel Farage is on #BBCQT again tonight. A good reason to not watch.
Things not improved since GET A GRIP penned this excellent open letter to the BBC yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/an-op…

Claire Coutinho Maybe you could find time to consider doing what we actually fucking pay you to do?

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Nigel Farage is due to appear on BBC Question Time - for the 36th time.
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There are at least some Conservatives left who recognise the problem with the BBC regularly platforming Nigel Farage & other Reform UK people on their BBCPolitics shows like #bbcqt & #PoliticsLive :
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Michael Heseltine speaking at the Hay Festival:

“Racism is basically what underpins UKIP and Reform. I’m just over 90, I have lived through some of the most tumultuous events of our time, and anyone who is looking for the common theme: it’s racism.”

No, BBC. Just no.

GET A GRIP Isaac Newton: I observed apples falling from a tree and have come to understand why everything is attracted to the earth.
Tories: That's nice, are the fallen apples still saleable?

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The 2023 FT article 'Winston Churchill, the BBC and the battle for impartiality', by playwright Jack Thorne, concerns a 1926 dispute over coverage of the #GeneralStrike and what it tells us about balanced broadcasting today.

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Yet more evidence to support this hypothesis:

Farage is going to be back on Question Time. #bbcqt

(This isn't the actual line up. The fact I feel it necessary to point this out should speak volumes.)