THE BBC’S flagship politics show is back tonight with a line-up of Tory, Labour and SNP representatives, as well as figures from the media and theatre sectors.
The SNP’s Ian Blackford will be representing his party tonight on BBC One, and is likely to bring up the Australian trade deal which farmers fear will damage their industry.
The party’s Westminster leader challenged Boris Johnson on the deal at today’s PMQs, telling the PM he is “talking tripe” with claims the agreement will benefit food producers.
Meanwhile Sarah Jones, the MP for Croydon Central, will be representing Labour. The former civil servant is now the shadow minister for police and fire services.
The Tories will be represented by Mark Harper, who is currently the MP for Forest of Dean and the chairman of the Covid Recovery Group of Conservative MPs.
Harper is a vocal opponent of continuing Covid restrictions and is unhappy about the delay to the June 21 unlocking in England.
Conservative peer Daniel Finkelstein, a former adviser to John Major and William Hague, will also join the panel tonight.
Last year the journalist accepted that a further independence referendum will “probably” happen but called for people born in Scotland and now living elsewhere to be given a vote.
Outside of the political sphere, Rosemary Squire of Trafalgar Entertainment is appearing on the panel. The CEO and co-founder runs theatres and cinemas in the UK and Australia.
This week Squire released a statement calling the June 21 delay a “bungle” and criticised the UK Government’s “muddled messages”.
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“With the data supporting a return to live events at full capacity – and with risks now diminishing – we urge the Government to act before it’s too late,” she and Sir Howard Panter argued.
The delayed Covid unlocking in England is likely to be discussed during tonight’s episode, while Dominic Cummings’s latest allegations about Boris Johnson will surely be brought up too.
Question Time airs from 10.45pm on BBC One.
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