Just the job for Fiona to practise her balancing act

UNFAIRLY criticised for her efforts to provide balance as chairman on Question Time, Fiona Bruce struggled with a huge Pilates ball as she set off for some exercise before her return to the BBC1 programme last night.

Understandably, Ms Bruce, 58, cut a rather glum figure ahead of her appearance on the show.

With ‘real sadness’, she was forced to step down as an ambassador for the domestic violence charity Refuge, following a comment she made on air about Boris Johnson’s father, Stanley.