WE'RE pleased to say that for the second week in a row, Question Time doesn't have two Tory MPs on the panel!
That's really something worth mentioning, given the BBC's love of Tory guests at the moment (pick up your Sunday National this weekend to find out more...)
Still, we're sure readers will have thoughts about the make-up of the rest of the panel, coming live from Chichester.
Host Fiona Bruce will be putting questions to...
- Tory MP Vicky Ford
- Labour MP Louise Haigh
- Green Party co-leader Sian Berry
- Financial journalist Martin Lewis
- Guido Fawkes reporter Tom Harwood (who ran the student wing of Vote Leave)
Here’s the panel for tonight. We’ve got @vickyford, @LouHaigh, @sianberry, @MartinSLewis
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) July 4, 2019
and @tomhfh. See you at 10:35pm on @BBCOne for the last show before the summer break. #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/K0jdp3iW7b
If it needed to be said, none of the panellists are figures in Scottish political sphere.
The show will be taking a summer break after this episode, so the schedule for future episodes is not yet known.
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