The government came under fire from an 'appalled' member of the audience on last night's BBC Question Time after Lee Anderson's controversial promotion within the Tory party.
Thursday's episode of the weekly debate show was broadcast from Swindon in Wiltshire, with Fiona Bruce taking up her regular hosting duties as the panel covered an eclectic selection of topics, including the war on Ukraine and the effect of AI on jobs.
But some of the most pointed questions of the evening were saved for Tory MP George Freeman, minister of the newly created Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, when the matter of the party's new deputy chairman was raised.
