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BBC admits: Bruce made lighthearted comments about Abbott

BBC bully Fiona Bruce did make “light-hearted” personal comments about Diane Abbott to warm up the audience, according to reports yesterday.

Private correspondence sent by Question Time editors to the shadow home secretary’s team is said to have confirmed that the show’s presenter made “what she believed were good-humoured remarks during the warm-up,” according to the Mirror.

Several audience members have complained that Ms Bruce made bullying remarks about Ms Abbott’s relationship with Jeremy Corbyn in the 1970s.

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