Tearing each other... apart
QUESTION TIME: LEADERS SPECIAL
BBC1, 8.30pm YOU may or may not have noticed, but there’s a General Election happening soon. In less than a week, in fact.
So the good news is that seven days from now, it’ll all be over. And we could find ourselves standing on the frontier of a brave new future or staring into a horrifying abyss.
It feels as if there have already been plenty of these election special shows, whether it was Wednesday’s seven-podium chaos or Jeremy Paxman laying into Jeremy Corbyn and calling Theresa May a blowhard.
And who could forget May’s hubby Philip talking about putting the bins out on The One Show?
Anyway, this is the Beeb’s flagship political show and they’ve got top man David Dimbleby in place ready to preside over the grilling of the two main contenders.
But don’t expect to see Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn face to face as they debate the big issues of their manifestos.
Yes, they’re both in York. Yes, they’re both being quizzed by a Question Time audience of the voting public. Yes, it’s live. And yes, Dimblebot will be making sure it’s a clean fight.
But they won’t actually both be appearing on stage at the same time, as the Prime Minister would not agree to a debate.
Of course, the SNP hold all but three of the Westminster seats in Scotland and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will be quizzed on her party’s policies in Ask the Leaders at 7pm on BBC1.
The SNP leader will face questions from the studio audience in the show hosted by Glenn Campbell.