BBC presenter Fiona Bruce has announced she will step back from her role as an ambassador for the charity Refuge after she was accused of trivialising domestic violence during a discussion about Boris Johnson’s father, Stanley Johnson
Fiona Bruce stands down from Refuge ambassador role after Question Time Stanley Johnson domestic violence row
Bruce was criticised after she intervened when the father of the former prime minister was described as a “wife-beater” in last Thursday’s episode of Question Time.columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, said Mr Johnson’s alleged history of violence was “on the record”, at which point Bruce interrupted. Bruce told the PA News Agency that she was “required to legally contextualise” a response about Mr Johnson.
“But following the events of last week, I have faced a social media storm, much of which mischaracterised what I said and took the form of personal abuse directed at me. Refuge, which previously defended Bruce, said it has accepted her offer to stand down as an ambassador after hearing from survivors of domestic abuse who were re-traumatised by the incident.
It added: “We have today accepted Fiona’s offer to stand down from her role as Ambassador for Refuge. We have thanked her for her considerable contribution over many years to Refuge and the wider domestic abuse agenda.”
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