Labour complains over Diane Abbott treatment on Question Time

Party says it is ‘appalled’ and demands to see footage of audience from pre-show warm-up The Labour party has lodged a formal complaint with the BBC over the treatment of the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, by the new Question Time presenter, Fiona Bruce during Thursday’s show.Last week, Abbott accused the programme of legitimising racist abuse, claiming she was repeatedly interrupted and singled out before the show, with Bruce stepping in to correct her, wrongly, over the