'Zero shame': Politics Live editor defends all-female line-up on new BBC show

Rob Burley rebuts criticism of Politics Live for being ‘gimmicky’ and too PC

The editor of a new BBC lunchtime political discussion programme, Politics Live, has defended the selection of an all-female panel for its first episode.

Rob Burley, who also has responsibility for This Week and The Andrew Marr Show, hit back at online critics of the panel selection, saying he had “zero shame” at the fact that the panel featured five women.

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