Complaint
This edition of the programme followed the announcement of Boris Johnson鈥檚 resignation honours list.聽 A listener complained that the presenter had given the Conservative panellist an unfair advantage by allowing the discussion on a question arising from the announcement to focus on the Labour Party. 聽The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 大象传媒鈥檚 editorial standards of impartiality.
Outcome
It was the panellists themselves (including a Labour representative), not the presenter, who broadened the discussion, and the presenter repeated the question on more than one occasion in order to recall the panellists to the original topic.聽 The ECU therefore saw no basis for the suggestion of bias.
Not upheld