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QUESTION TIME will take place in Chesterfield this week and includes a panel with a prominent Brexiteer in what will surely be a hard-hitting discussion of the week’s news.
Question Time will take place in Chesterfield this week
The coordinated strike by the US, UK and France will surely feature prominently in discussions on the BBC flagship programme.
Theresa May’s decision to reign terror on Bashar al-Assad’s war-torn nation without Parliament approval is sure to be contested on the show.
Thousands of Windrush migrants who arrived in the UK after World War 2 are being threatened with deportation amid rule changes and will surely be challenged by the guests.
Finally the Government’s loss in the House of Lords on voting for the EU withdrawal bill could be analysed by the panel.
10.45pm: Question Time has finished
The show will take place in Bury St Edmunds next week and St Albans the week after.
11.40pm: Iain Dale blasts Emily Thornberry as the “face of Corbynism”
The LBC host skewered the Labour Party member during a discussion on the flagship BBC show.
The point was then agreed with by Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable.
"When the next election is called we are going to win."@EmilyThornberry says Labour is united behind their manifesto #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/LGtrZ1MPcH
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) April 19, 2018
10.39pm: The final question of the night has been asked
A member of the audience asked: “Do the panel feel the Labour Party is two parties living under one roof and is divorce imminent?”
"Please, please give us the money for those of us that are there to do our jobs"
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) April 19, 2018
This audience member says cuts to early years funding makes doing her job difficult #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/xhKJTL4ZVJ
11.32pm: Question Time audience member lambasts Liz Truss over Government spending
They declared they “don’t see it” when the Conservative declared extra funding was being used in an effort to tackle knife crime.
11.24pm: The third question of the night has been asked
A member of the audience asked: “In light of the surge in knife crime do the panel think the use of stop and search should be increased?”
11.19pm: Audience member blasts Emily Thornberry for “giving the Russian’s too much respect”
They claimed that it is possible Russia is telling the world one thing and acting in another.
"Why would you put a community at odds with the police?"@NesrineMalik says stop and search isn't an effective method of policing pic.twitter.com/DGoXWiMUcu
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) April 19, 2018
11.17pm: Emily Thornberry booed on Question Time over Syria
The Labour Party member claimed that Russia was not preventing chemical weapon inspectors from entering Syria.
11.15pm: David Dimbleby blasts Emily Thornberry during the discussion on Question Time
The host ordered the Labour Party member to “stop interrupting” as the panel discussed the current state of Syria.
10.13pm: Liz Truss makes a brilliant point to Emily Thornberry over the current situation in Syria.
The MP stated to the Labour Party member that Russia is not allowing chemical weapons inspectors to enter the war-torn nation.
11.06pm: The second question of the night has been asked.
A member of the audience said: “Are the people of Syria any safer since the recent air strikes?”
"We have a racist immigration system in this country"@IainDale says it is often forgotten that people coming to the UK are individual human beings #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/5y8rqyEaEk
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) April 19, 2018
11.03pm: Question Time audience member declares that she wouldn’t trust Theresa May “to run a bath”.
The member of the audience made the claims during the panel’s discussion of the Government’s handling of Windrush.
11.01pm: Iain Dale roasts Emily Thornberry over Labour’s stance on immigration
Mr Dale declared that the Labour Party was the first to use the term “hostile environment”, not Theresa May.
.@vincecable says there must be a long term strategy to deter chemical attacks in Syria #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/oKGEixdEkn
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) April 19, 2018
10.57pm: Iain Dale declares the Government has a “racist immigration system”.
The Brexiteer compared the Windrush generation with those from other countries and claimed they would not have received the same treatment.
.@IainDale says it was right for the international community to intervene in Syria and that the 'surgical attacks' were well executed #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/5VjwkRutJ1
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) April 19, 2018
10.54: Question Time audience member slams the Labour Party on Windrush and declares it should be “ashamed of itself”.
The blasting of the opposition came after Liz Truss apologised for the Government’s handling of the situation and promised actions would resolve the issue moving forward.
.@trussliz says the government made a mistake in their treatment of the Windrush generation and is sorry #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/WxKERzwY1T
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) April 19, 2018
10.50: David Dimbleby slams Emily Thornberry on Windrush
The BBC host challenged the Labour Party member on her attack of the Governement’s handling of the Windrush generation.
.@trussliz says the government is sorry for the treatment of the Windrush generation #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/I6dIWm1B9H
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) April 19, 2018
10.45pm: Question Time has started!
The first question of the night has been asked.
A member of the audience said: “Should children of the Windrush generation be given financial compensation for stresses and hardship suffered?”
Who is on Question Time this week?
Who is Vince Cable?
Vince Cable is the current leader of the Liberal Democrats - he is also the MP for Twickenham.
He was Business Secretary in the Coalition Government under David Cameron.
Mr Cable lost his seat in Twickenham back in 2015 but regained it last year.
Let the show commence. @bbcquestiontime 10.45pm. BBC1. I’m going dark now. Eek. pic.twitter.com/Y0x58ruv19
— Iain Dale (@IainDale) April 19, 2018
Who is Emily Thornberry?
Emily Thornberry is Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary and the party’s MP for Islington South and Finsbury.
She is also a human rights lawyer.
The coordinated strike by the US, UK and France will surely feature prominently
Who is Liz Truss?
Liz Truss is the Conservative Chief Secretary to the Treasury, she also served as the Justice Secretary last year.
She has been the MP for South West Norfolk since 2010.
Who is Iain Dale?
Making his first appearance on Question Time, Iain Dale is a leading Brexiteer and the author of over 30 books.
Mr Dale is a presenter on LBC and runs the political publisher Biteback.
Emily Thornberry is Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary
Who is Nesrine Malik?
Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnist and a former private equity investor.
She was faced with the prospect of deportation back in 2012.