By Ashley Young-
Diane Abbott was booed for revisiting a n earlier tension she had with Question Time host Fiona Bruce following an appearance on the BBC show earlier this year.
Abbott was addressing an audience in Brighton over the weekend at a Morning Star Labour party fringe event at the Labour Party conference when she opened up an old wound wit new Question Time presenter Fiona Bruce. She expressed her view that former host David Dimbleby “was fairer” Conference than current presenter Ms Bruce.
Labour lodged a complaint against the BBC after the shadow home secretary said she was treated unfairly on the programme in January.
Ms Abbott complained of repeated interruption that led Ms Bruce to step in to correct her, wrongly, over the latest Labour polling figures. The BBC later acknowledged error on the matter, and admitted Ms Abbott was right about the polling figures, but Labour said it wants an on-air apology.
At the fringe event – which was entitled “The Media War on Labour” – the audience booed and hissed after Ms Abbott said: “I had an interesting experience with Fiona Bruce and Question Time.”
The senior Labour MP said she had been on Question Time with its previous presenters Robin Day and David Dimbleby. She added: “I did it under Robin Day, that was a long time ago now. I did it under David Dimbleby very regularly.
“But David Dimbleby was fairer, in my opinion, than Fiona Bruce, and David Dimbleby did not wind up the audience against me before the programme went on air.
“And I have to say Fiona Bruce has yet to apologise.”