I have to say that I'm becoming absolutely fascinated by the social media reaction to BBC One's Question Time.
I watched the build-up in advance and saw confident predictions from lefties on Twitter that the programme would be 'Tory-biased' yet again and, in contrast, saw equally confident assertions from righties that the programme would be biased either 4-1 (or 3-1, with one left dangling) against 'Leave' in the EU referendum.
I watched the build-up in advance and saw confident predictions from lefties on Twitter that the programme would be 'Tory-biased' yet again and, in contrast, saw equally confident assertions from righties that the programme would be biased either 4-1 (or 3-1, with one left dangling) against 'Leave' in the EU referendum.
(The latter, doubtless because he's such a bogeyman for 'people like us', wrongly assumed that Giles Fraser would be pro-Remain.)
This time the lefties 'won' the 'BBC bias' argument. The panel eventually split 3-2 against the EU. And rightwards.
The panel consisted of: Elizabeth Truss, Diane Abbott, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Rev. Giles Fraser and Julian Fellowes.
In the past few weeks things have swung both ways, unpredictably...
...which seems new to me. Usually the bias has tilted towards the left and, even more clearly, towards the pro-EU.
Call me 'overly trusting', but I'm taking this as a hopeful sign.
