Question Time producers left Fiona Bruce ‘carrying the can’ after she was accused of trivialising domestic violence, a former BBC executive has said.
Ms Bruce, 58, quit as an ambassador for eVdEN eVE nAkliYat domestic abuse charity Refuge this week after she intervened on Thursday last week when a Question Time panellist described Stanley Johnson, father of ex-Prime Minister Boris, as a ‘wife-beater’.
Her actions on the show sparked a backlash and eVDen eve NaKLiYaT 854 complaints from those accusing her of not taking seriously enough the issue of domestic violence.
Fiona Bruce, 58, EVdeN eVe nAKLiyat quit as an ambassador evDEn eVe NaKLiYaT for domestic abuse charity Refuge this week after she intervened when a Question Time panellist described Stanley Johnson as a ‘wife-beater’.
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<div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-bf72ccc0-c446-11ed-b17d-f72237df5412" website Bruce was 'left to carry can by bosses', says ex-BBC executive