Nigel Farage in new war with BBC as Question Time audience plant outed | Politics | News
Nigel Farage says the BBC has hit the final straw for voters in Wales after it was revealed that an anti-Reform Question Time viewer was a Plaid Cymru candidate. Last October, in a special edition of the weekly show during the headwinds of the Caerphilly Senedd by-election, one woman in particular rose to fame with a furious attack on Reformation England.
“I blame you for this,” the audience member told Reform’s candidate, claiming he had “never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown.” The moment caused a stir on social media as leftists believed that the Reformation had been distorted by an ordinary member of the public. The editor of local newspaper the Caerphilly Observer even told the Guardian that the Question Time moment was a “turning point” during the by-election and that Reform had fallen short of winning that election.
Now it has emerged that the woman in question has been announced as the council candidate of the far-left pro-Palestinian Plaid Cymru party.
This person, publicly known as Alison Vyas, will represent the party in the Van Community Council elections.
Ms Vyas also appeared in Plaid Cymru social media videos after attacking Reform during a Question Time segment, insisting she felt “passionate about Caerphilly”.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has now condemned the latest example of Question Time bias and lodged a formal complaint with the BBC.
Mr Farage slammed: “Trust in the BBC has been shaken in recent years by scandals ranging from Huw Edwards to the selective editing of a clip of President Trump. “Now, this revelation will be the final straw for many people in Wales.
“How can Reform be trusted to receive a fair and balanced hearing when this is happening in important election debates?”
In December, Reformation also went to war with Question Time after an immigration special saw questions from two illegal immigrants in the audience.
Presenter Fiona Bruce called an Afghan man who described being unable to gain asylum in six other European countries before crossing the Channel. Another Iranian said leaving the ECHR would harm “ordinary people”.
Mr Farage said angrily: “Both of these people should not be in the UK.
“They trespassed illegally, they should have been deported, but they were given a platform on the BBC to get the British public to sympathize with them.
“The whole thing was a complete, utter work of fiction. And we are now seeing more and more the absolute bias and bias of the BBC.
“Frankly, Question Time has been a great program over the years. After last night it has been completely discredited.”
Mr Farage added: “No wonder half a million people refuse to pay the license fee every year.”
