The BBC has been criticised for not having a Green Party representative on the Question Time panel ahead of a by-election next week.
On 8 October, the Holborn and St Pancras by-election will take place in north London, in a contest that is a two-horse race between Labour candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali and the Green Party leader Zack Polanski.
However, on the edition of Question Time taking place in Tottenham tonight (1 October), just a week before the by-election, only one of the two by-election front-runners is represented.
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Whilst Labour minister Miatta Fahbulleh will appear on the programme, there is no Green representative. The rest of the panel is made up of Tory shadow minister Julia Lopez, Reform MP Suella Braverman and journalist Oli Dugmore.
Many have hit out at the BBC for not inviting a Green Party voice onto the programme, accusing the broadcaster of not maintaining political balance and impartiality.
Among those to criticised the Green snub was journalist Carole Cadwalladr. Hitting out at the “questionable editorial decision”, she asked: “How is this remotely fair or balanced?”
Cadwalladr went on to question why Reform were being featured on the programme and whether it constituted a breach of Ofcom rules.
This was echoed by many others, with some pointing out that the Greens had a strong presence in Tottenham as the biggest party on Haringey council.