GEORGE Galloway has hit out at the BBC following his appearance on Question Time, saying he was set up and that David Dimbleby privately apologised to him afterwards.<\/b><\/p>\n
The controversy centred around a question that one audience member asked about a rise in anti-Semitism in the UK.<\/p>\n
But the question also included a reference to the MP for Bradford West bearing some responsibility for this rise, an inclusion he said that had not been agreed beforehand.<\/p>\n
The anti-war politician said the host David Dimbleby later apologised to him for this, but it represented what he said was a set-up within the BBC.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people are very unhappy about it as it was a set-up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was very poorly chaired by a man I admire but who let himself down immensely. It showed the opposition in a very bad light and I don\u2019t know who was advising them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is defamatory and worse and it was not the question that was asked. The question that was tabled and agreed was not the question that was asked.<\/p>\n