Fiona Bruce has hosted Question Time for seven years, but perhaps it’s time for someone else to take over.

Fiona Bruce has faced repeated criticism over impartiality (Image: BBC)

I have nothing against Fiona Bruce, but when someone is accused of being biased week in week out, it does raise questions. The BBC’s apparent motto is that they display impartiality above all else, yet it never seems to translate on screen. Take Laura Kuenssberg, for example. She once said she would “die in a ditch for the impartiality” of the BBC, yet she too regularly finds herself at the centre of bias complaints over her weekend programme.

Tim Davie and Deborah Turness have expressed similar views about upholding strict neutrality and look what happened there. As for Bruce, she must be approaching some sort of record for attracting the highest number of bias accusations in such a short space of time.

When Question Time returned for the first time in 2026 at the end of January, fans claimed the presenter showed her “true colours” when she pressed Layla Moran on the state of the Liberal Democrats.

This came moments after Moran slammed members of the Conservative Party for “arguing like rats in sacks”.

“Showing her full Tory support”, “Get rid”, and “switching off” were just a few of the comments shared by viewers on X.

The following week – in early February – the programme was branded “unwatchable” because of the presenter once again. It was to be expected, as there is simply never a week where Bruce’s actions don’t have some sort of negative impact on viewers.

The third programme of the year aired on February 12, and once again, it followed the same familiar pattern.

The BBC host was joined by Reform UK’s Nadine Dorries and Green’s Ellie Chowns MP, among others, who discussed Keir Starmer’s future as prime minister following the fallout of Lord Peter Mandelson’s involvement in the latest Epstein scandal.

A heated debate was sparked after Bruce asked each politician what they thought of the Labour leader’s position, specifically between Dorries and Chowns.

The audience appeared to notice that Bruce frequently interjected while Chowns was speaking, however, allowed Dorries to continue sharing her opinions uninterrupted.

“Fiona Bruce persistently interrupted and challenged Ellie Chowns, but is silent when Nadine Dorries talks nonsense,” one said.

Another agreed: “IT was the Nadine Dorries show tonight in BBC Question Time. Fiona Bruce quite happily sat there & let her chat rubbish mostly unchallenged. Ellie Chowns was constantly shut down by Bruce. Week after week, it is clear that she is completely biased.”

The presenter has faced accusations of bias four times in less than one month (Image: BBC)

“The BBC’s looking for cost savings, maybe sack Fiona Bruce and her friend Laura Kuennsberg,” added a third. I understand people not resonating with a presenter, but having these accusations hurled in constantly, will the BBC ever take action?

In another recent episode on February 19, just a few weeks after Question Time officially returned in 2026, viewers noticed similar patterns during a heated exchange between Robert Jenrick and Jon Sopel.

Jenrick faced criticism for his perceived flip-flop on government issues, with attention intensifying after his defection from the Conservatives to Reform.

The podcaster raged: “You were a Remainer when David Cameron was the Prime Minister. You were a Brexiter when Boris [was in charge]. You said, ‘It’s a shame that shameful Liz Truss is still in the Conservative Party’, but you voted for her budget.

“And now, when the Tories are languishing in the polls, which they most certainly are, you’ve gone to the party that is leading in the polls.”

Jenrick shot back: “I’m not going to take any lessons from the man who said that Peter Mandelson was a class act when he was appointed as our ambassador to Washington. I don’t think that you’re a very good judge.”

Stepping in, Bruce jumped to Sopel’s defence, reminding the politician that Reform leader Nigel Farage “had some very complimentary things to say about Lord Mandelson” before the scandal came to light.

Their debate led fans to claim the show has “died” since Bruce took over from David Dimbleby in 2019. Another claimed she “epitomises the entrenched political bias throughout BBC News and current affairs coverage”, while a third declared: “She was not neutral there.”

That marks four instances in less than a month where viewers believe Bruce has shown a lack of impartiality on screen. She has faced repeated criticism over both impartiality and on-air conduct, therefore, I think it must be time for someone new to take the reins.