The mole's role is a hole

Entertaining piece in my newspaper titled: “The party stooge planted by Labour on Question time “.

This refers seductively to a ‘mole’, aka Amy Rutland, politics graduate and ‘diehard Labour activist’ who used the left wing, BBC flagship, Question Time to accuse UKIP of ‘scaremongering’ about the numbers of Romanians and Bulgarians likely to arrive in this ‘sceptred isle’ sometime in the near future. The charming and personable Amy, according to the media report, referred to the UKIP candidate as ‘disgusting’. How that must have hurt !

Dozens of complaints arrived following Amy’s scintillating attack. Amy is a forward thinker evidenced by her ‘tweet’ before the program was seen, urging viewers: “Don’t miss out on Question Time tonight, you’ll see me rip into the disgusting UKIP woman”.

BBC audience selection asks questions such as: which party they would vote for if there was an election tomorrow? what their views are on the EU? are they members of a political party, if so, which one? And, what is your ethnic background?

All questions fairly typical of the kind of loaded information you would want if ensuring that Question time is packed with the ‘right’ – or, should that be ‘left’ – audience.

There are no surprises for anyone who has followed the angst ridden progress of QT through the years. The only surprise that would surprise, is if suddenly, there were no stooges or moles planted in a predominantly left wing audience.

Question for forum members: I’m thinking of opening a ‘book’ for anyone to place a bet as to when the BBC will start operating a policy of fairplay and balance. Any ideas on odds to quote?