BBC Question Time audiences now openly laugh at government ministers

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The BBC's Question Time programme was worth watching last night, largely for the sake of the open derision of the Tory minister who had been rolled out to bat for the government. The almost Andrew Murrison MP must have wondered what hit him.

He was openly laughed at when he said the government would green the airline industry so that people could continue to go on holidays in the sun: people know that is not possible.

No one believed his assurance on access to housing, during which he defended the sale of council houses.

When Fiona Bruce asked if anyone in the Bristol audience supported the government's policy on Rwanda not a single hand went up.

The policy was attacked for its inhumanity by a vicar in the audience, who delivered positive praise for the role refugees can play in our society.

But the best intervention was this one, which was worth clicking on the tweet to view. The audience support was very strong indeed:

When the time has come that people openly deride ministers then the time has come for a government to go.


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