Question Time host David Dimbleby
QUESTION Time has revealed its line-up for tonight's special edition in Leeds – with one member of the panel coming as a shock.
This will be one of the rare editions of the BBC show to feature an SNP politician, despite them being the third biggest party in the House of Commons.
SNP MP and defence spokesperson Stewart McDonald will be one of those appearing on the panel, with the audience made up of people aged 30 or under.
McDonald will be joined by:
- Journalist and transgender rights activist Paris Lees
- Labour peer and shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti
- Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens
- Conservative deputy chairman and MP for Braintree James Cleverly
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