QT 7/2/19 was broadcast from Motherwell. Motherwell has an SNP MP & MSP. The SNP holds 35 of Scotland's 59 seats and forms the Scottish Government. Despite this there was only 1 Independence supporter on the panel - I accept there can only be 1 rep from each party but, why no Green? Or a pro-Indy journalist such as Lesley Riddoch (instead of the guy from the Times)?
When it came to the topic of Independence the audience bias became very clear. The level of noise, and the amount of questions asked, from the Yoon side would give anyone the feeling that maybe there was little support for Independence. Fiona Hyslop did a sterling job in getting her points across despite the hostile crowd.
Maybe the Beeb got it wrong with an attempt to balance the audience 52-48 on the Brexit issue. The result in Scotland favoured Remain by a large margin so, although the make-up, perhaps, reflected the UK result, in aiming for this they skewed the audience in favour of No. Leavers were more likely to be No voters.
They were in Scotland for god's sake. Independence is supported by almost 50% of the electorate, Brexit only by 32%. They should have done their homework