Summary of complaint
We received complaints from some people questioning Fiona Bruce's impartiality, due to alleged connections between her husband and the Conservative Party.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
Our response
We have discussed聽 concerns over Fiona Bruce鈥檚 impartiality, because of her husband鈥檚 previous role, with the senior editorial team at Question Time, who would like to clarify certain points.
We believe it鈥檚 important to recognise that Fiona Bruce鈥檚 opinions are not defined by her husband. As with all 麻豆社 journalists, she is expected to be impartial in her role in the 麻豆社 and we are satisfied that she is.
For the record, Fiona Bruce鈥檚 husband Nigel Sharrocks has never donated to the Conservative party.聽Mr Sharrocks is not CEO of Carat Global Management Ltd. The account to advertise Conservative government policy, which has been referred to, was won by a subsidiary of a company of which Mr Sharrocks was once CEO, but after he had left the company.