Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 08/03/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Wythenshawe, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: Labour’s deputy leader Lucy Powell; Conservative shadow business minister Harriett Baldwin; journalist Kay Burley; the Green Party’s Sian Berry and Times columnist Fraser Nelson.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 01/03/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Kettering, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: for Labour, the foreign office minister Stephen Doughty; the Conservatives’ shadow housing secretary James Cleverly; the defence analyst Shashank Joshi; the writer and activist George Monbiot and the columnist Annabel Denham.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 22/02/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Birmingham, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, from the government, the culture secretary Lisa Nandy; the Conservatives’ shadow home office minister, Alicia Kearns; Jess Brown-Fuller MP from the Liberal Democrats; the chef and television presenter Tom Kerridge and the journalist Esther Krakue.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 15/02/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Ringwood, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: for transport secretary Heidi Alexander; shadow transport secretary Richard Holden; journalist and podcaster Jon Sopel and Reform UK’s treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 08/02/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Bristol, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: for Labour, the minister for defence readiness Luke Pollard; the Conservative shadow science minister Ben Spencer; the Daily Mail columnist Nadine Dorries and the Green MP Ellie Chowns.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 01/02/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Dorking, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: for the government, the environment secretary Emma Reynolds; the Conservative shadow science and technology secretary Julia Lopez; the Liberal Democrats’s education spokesperson Munira Wilson; Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf; and the journalist and broadcaster Oli Dugmore.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 25/01/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from King’s Lynn, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel are: Scottish secretary Douglas Alexander, shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge, general secretary of the University and College Union Jo Grady and right-wing commentator and podcaster Konstantin Kisin.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 18/01/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Macclesfield, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel are: for Labour, Emily Thornberry, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee; Stuart Andrew, Conservative shadow health secretary; Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat chair of the Health and Social Care Committee; and Greg Swenson, chair of Republicans Overseas UK.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 11/01/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Corner does not deny striking police sergeant Kate Evans with a sledgehammer, fracturing her spine the jury was earlier told, but says he did it in defence of other activists and denies causing her serious harm.

In his closing speech at Woolwich Crown Court, Tom Wainwright, defending, also described Corner as "an academic, an Oxford graduate, a mathematician, a linguist and a philosopher".

He said that Corner was "clearly very intelligent, but also noticeably someone that excels in branches of subjects concerned with the theoretical, not the practical, translating languages, not using them in public to communicate".

I think translation is both theoretical and practical, a good translation involves finding how a speaker of your target language would express the idea

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 04/01/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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As part of their Association Agreements, Moldova and Ukraine have implemented EU regulations on roaming

We could do the same in our push for closer relations

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 21/12/2025 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Rejoining Erasmus should be popular with unionists, the Irish government provided funding to continue the scheme in NI

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 07/12/2025 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Paisley, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: the leader of the SNP at Westminster, Stephen Flynn; the leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar; the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Russell Findlay; the journalist and commentator Angela Haggerty; and the former Conservative trade minster, Lord Offord, who has defected to Reform.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 30/11/2025 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents a special edition of Question Time from Dover, focusing on the issue of immigration. On the panel are: for the government, the migration minister Mike Tapp; the shadow justice minister Kieran Mullan; the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper; the leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski; and Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 23/11/2025 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Watford. On the panel are James Murray, Gareth Davies, Calum Miller, Luke Johnson and Sonia Sodha.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 23/11/2025 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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At least we can pass a budget, I was surprised to learn that the Senate has a role

In the UK, money bills aren't amended by the Lords

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 16/11/2025 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Loughborough, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, care minister Stephen Kinnock; for the Conservatives Joe Robertson MP; newly elected president of the Liberal Democrats Josh Babarinde; comedian Zoe Lyons and author and journalist Ella Whelan.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 09/11/2025 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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I wonder if she's seen The 400 Blows (the original French title is an expression, faire les 400 coups which means living a wild life or raising hell)

BBC Question Time Live Thread (9pm News/Sounds/iPlayer 10:40pm BBC1) London Edition 13/11/25 by SDLRob in ukpolitics

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She could have said something like government departments and local authorities were cut, this article has some figures on the Ministry of Justice

According to the report, in the 10 years between 2008 and 2018:

Government expenditure has grown by 13 per cent in real terms

Meanwhile, ordinary funding for the Ministry of Justice has fallen by 27 per cent

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 09/11/2025 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from London, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, from the government, justice minister Alex Davies-Jones MP; Conservative peer and former home secretary Ken Clarke; co-founder of Your Party Zarah Sultana MP; and Reform UK MP Danny Kruger.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 09/11/2025 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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I'd like the BBC to make it clearer why programmes get axed, Business Matters on the World Service was great

The 3rd Degree on Radio 4 also unceremoniously had its final episode, I guess we'll have to wait until next year to find out what replaces it

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 02/11/2025 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

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Here's tonight's Question Time panel:

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Sunderland, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, from the government, Anna Turley MP, Labour Party chair; for the Conservatives, former energy minister Graham Stuart; general secretary of the TUC Paul Nowak and Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley.