TV’s Question Time would Wark for me
BBC Newsnight host Kirsty Wark has said she would love to be the next host of Question Time.
But the 63-year-old admitted she will face stiff competition from other political heavyweights when the job comes up.
She said: “I think there will be many people when David Dimbleby decides he doesn’t want to do it any longer. I think I will be one of them, but I’m sure lots of people will throw their hats in the ring.”
Speaking in Good Housekeeping, she also described some elements of the BBC’s gender pay gap as “outrageous”.
She said: “The idea that women should be paid less for doing an equal job is absolutely outrageous and knowingly or unknowingly, the BBC let that grow...”