The UK Government said that they would not sent a Cabinet Minister on Question Time today (27/05/10) due to Alistair Campbell 'Tony Blair's Former Communications Director' taking part in the show.
I really do not understand why they refuse to put a Minister on QT just because Alistair Campbell is on the panel. I mean all the parties put a frontbench MP on the show when the BNP's Nick Griffin MEP was on the show. I very much doubt that anyone could see Alistair Campbell anymore vile than Nick Griffin MEP.
It was expected that a Cabinet Minister would attend the show as the Queens speech was done this week. David Dimbleby said that BBC Question Time refused to remove Alistair Campbell saying that only the BBC Question Time will choose the panel, not No 10.
I was very pleased that Question Time made a point of telling people why there was no Cabinet Minister on the show. I think that it is wrong that the UK Government tried to control who was on the Question Time panel. I am glad BBC QT did not give into the UK Government's demands to have Alistair Campbell removed from the QT panel.
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