BBC Question Time viewers erupts as MP rebukes Nadine Dorries | News | EUROtoday

The BBC Question Time viewers cheered after Reform UK’s Nadine Dorries was criticised for her immigration stance.

On Thursday (12 February), the previous Conservative minister and now Reform UK member defended Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who claimed this week that Britain has been “colonised” by migrants.

He incorrectly claimed that the UK inhabitants had risen by 12 million since 2020 – it has risen by an estimated 2.7million.

Dorries mentioned that while Sir Jim had bought his numbers fallacious and used a “poor choice of words,” he “got his point across”.

Green Party MP Ellie Chowns criticised each Sir Jim and Ms Dorries, saying “inequality is the problem in this country,” and claiming failures of successive governments to prioritise housing and public companies have resulted in decline, somewhat than immigration.