Following Fiona Bruce’s comments on Question Time about Stanley Johnson’s alleged domestic abuse the BBC has been hit by more than 800 complaints.
The broadcaster has now revealed 854 complaints were made regarding ‘the context Fiona Bruce gave during a discussion concerning domestic violence allegations against Stanley Johnson’.This comes after Bruce said in a statement declaring her resignation from her role at Refuge: ‘Last week on Question Time, I was required to legally contextualise a question about Stanley Johnson.
She continued: ‘I know survivors of domestic abuse have been distressed by what I was required to say on-air. For that, I am deeply sorry. I cannot change what I was required to say, but I can apologise for the very real impact that I can see it has had.’ Bruce then interrupted and told Alibhai-Brown and the audience: ‘I’m not disputing what you’re saying, but just so everyone knows what this is referring to, Stanley Johnson’s wife spoke to a journalist, Tom Bower, and she said that‘Stanley Johnson has not commented publicly on that. Friends of his have said it did happen but it was a one-off.’
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