WHEN Question Time first came to Scotland in 2023, it landed in Glasgow. A range of topics were discussed but the most notable and divisive on the…
WHEN Question Time first came to Scotland in 2023, it landed in Glasgow. A range of topics were discussed but the most notable and divisive on the night focused on Scotland’s gender reforms.
“The idea that there is an audience that could be persuaded about something is for the birds. We need some new thinking about how political television takes place and I’m not sure how much shelf life this has left.” Jackson, who is a senior lecturer in communications and public relations at Sheffield Hallam University, previously penned a letter to the BBC questioning how the audience was chosen and saying that being more “open and transparent would help improve trust in Question Time and the BBC more generally”.
It says that this means a “range of views are represented” and should staff feel a group is under-represented then “they will promote the programme through relevant local media channels to encourage people to apply”. For Jackson, it’s a case of making information about the audience more readily available so people can see the exact make-up based on a variety of different factors.
The SNP president somewhat shares Jackson’s beliefs although transparency issues return him to his stance that the show is simply becoming out of date. Jackson conceded that it was “perhaps understandable” that Jenrick was given longer, especially given the question was directly related to UK Government policy.“I’m really not convinced it is the format of the show that’s particularly wrong. It’s a longstanding programme and the format has remained relatively unchanged.
The SNP hit out at Bruce’s “constant interruptions” with the figures suggesting that McAllan was interrupted more than any other panellist. "In addition we aim to ensure there is an appropriate range of perspectives in our audiences across the series. In judging electoral support, we take account of different sorts of elections around the UK, as well as robust and consistent trends in polling; but we assess that in line with OFCOM’s view that greater weight should be placed on how people have voted in actual elections, as against how voting intentions are perceived in opinion polls.”“Can it continue? Probably.
“In my view, the model of politicians interacting with the public in a forum is a good one,” Mills says. Furthermore, despite Jackson’s misgivings about the programme, he says that, away from news and politics, he believes there’s a lot of good content.
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