BBC Question Time Audience Member Accuses The Sun's Stig Abell Of Hypocrisy Over Jeremy Corbyn

A BBC Question Time audience member has torn apart The Sun's managing editor over their coverage of Jeremy Corbyn's bow on Remembrance Sunday, accusing them of gross hypocrisy.

In a segment discussing the paper's reporting of the incident, a lady in red compared the respect shown by the Labour leader to the respect shown by the paper for "scantily clad dressed women".

She began by addressing her question to Abell...


"How respectful are you to people in general?"

She then went on to highlight what was opposite The Sun's coverage admonishing Corbyn for not showing enough respect for Britain's war dead.


"Right next to it is a picture of a scantily dressed woman. How respectful is that?!"

Her comments drew an enthusiastic round of applause from the audience and kudos from people watching at home.

"#Cobyn disrespectful? What about that scantily-clad woman on the front page?"
Ace audience member asks @StigAbell re: @thesun.
#bbcqt

— Bonnie Greer (@Bonn1eGreer) November 12, 2015

The Sun hacked the phones of dead people. I'm pretty sure that's worse than not bowing sufficiently. #BBCQT

— Gareth Snell (@gareth_snell) November 12, 2015

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Later in the show Abell responded to the accusations. He said: "You say the criticism came from The Sun, it came from his own party and it came from people watching the television. We reported on what people said.

"On Wednesday we had David Cameron mocked up as a jelly on the front page because one of the things The Sun does is it tries to capture where the debate is."

Corbyn laid a wreath at the Cenotaph during the Remembrance Sunday service and instantly drew criticism for not bowing.

That lefty Corbyn was the only one not to bow his head when he put down the wreath on the cenotaph, really is a disgrace to the lab party.

— William (@walsallcharlie) November 8, 2015

Only he did...



It may have been a small head bow but it was definitely there.

Corbyn even stayed behind at the Cenotaph on Sunday long after the television cameras had gone to mingle with veterans.

The Labour leader applauded a march-past and even played the role of photographer.

It was moving meeting veterans and others at the Remembrance Sunday service this morning #RemembranceSunday pic.twitter.com/GvDlYQ3NRk

— Jeremy Corbyn MP (@jeremycorbyn) November 8, 2015

Some claimed he had skipped a VIP lunch to be there although this turned out to be a simple reception rather than a formal sit-down affair.

Jeremy Corbyn went up to Horseguards to meet/talk with WW2 veterans while the other politicians went for VIP lunch pic.twitter.com/c8Pa8yKTzD

— LabourTim (@LabourTim) November 8, 2015

I'm no fan of Corbyn, but I was at HG 2day, and when no other Politician was seen, he quietly watched ALL return! pic.twitter.com/VMUCV8nzlm

— John James (@_johnjames) November 8, 2015

The Sun have long drawn criticism for their Page 3 feature which many believe is misogynistic and degrading to women.

In an odd move earlier this year The Sun announced they were going to scrap the feature before quickly reneging and reinstating it.