Summary

  • David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Canterbury in Kent

  • Programme broadcast at 22:35 on BBC One

  • Tonight's panellists: UKIP Nigel Farage; comedian Russell Brand

  • Labour's shadow international development secretary Mary Creagh

  • Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt & journalist Camilla Cavendish

  1. Question threepublished at 23:14 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    "What role should the private sector play in the future of the NHS?" Alexander Quinn

    Question three
  2. Question Time - Your Viewspublished at 23:13 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    Chris, Rothwell: Is this Question Time or the Jeremy Kyle Show? Russell Brand is a fool with loud mouth that is just trying to make a name for himself. Is he campaigning or the working class? If so, I feel embarrassed.

    Joe, Brandon: Reducing immigration might not solve all our problems but it would help a great deal and improve our quality of life.

  3. Tighten Border controlspublished at 23:12 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    Conservative MP for Portsmouth North Penny Mordaunt calls for better border controls and remove financial incentives for people coming to the UK.

  4. Woman in the audience on immigrantspublished at 23:10 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    "They should contribute to the country, we shouldn't have to support them. We need to vet people coming into the country."

  5. 'Best ever'published at 23:09 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    Boy George tweets: Best @bbcquestiontime ever!

  6. Postpublished at 23:08 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    Mary Creagh MP argues that in difficult times the country needs investment in public services. She points out that her father came from Ireland and worked hard.

  7. 'Sense of control'published at 23:07 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    BBC Question Time

    Camilla Cavendish: 'I don't think anyone in this country wants to shut the door, but… people want a sense of control' #bbcqt

  8. Postpublished at 23:06 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    Camilla Cavendish says people are generally welcoming to immigrants but that most people want controlled immigration.

  9. Man in the audience has a message for Russell Brandpublished at 23:03 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    "Stand for Parliament. If you're going to campaign, stand!"

    Another member of the audience criticises Nigel Farage and rebukes UKIP's policies. Temperatures are running high in Canterbury...

  10. Question Time - Get Involvedpublished at 23:02 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    Mark Chazot, Faversham: There are a lot of clever people in politics but not many wise people. Russell Brand is like the court jester - funny but wise. This world needs more wisdom and less clever double-speaking politicians.

    Henry, Norfolk: Please tell Nigel Brand that Australia has high turnout because it has compulsory voting and nothing to do with their politics.

  11. Russell Brandpublished at 23:01 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    "Since the financial crash, banker bonuses have exceeded £80 billion. George Osbourne campaigned to stop caps being placed on banker bonuses at the same time as there were austerity cuts against the poorest among us. We need to close tax loopholes that are exploited by big corporations. I've got money now, I've seen rich people. There's plenty of money out there, it's just not being distributed."

  12. Russell Brandpublished at 23:00 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    "Immigrants are not causing the economic problems and suffering we're experiencing. I enjoy seeing Nigel Farage in a boozer with a pint and a fag laughing off his latest scandals about breastfeeding or whatever. But this man is not a cartoon character. He ain't Del Boy, he ain't Arthur Daley, he's a pound-shop Enoch Powell and we've got to watch him."

    Russell Brand
  13. Nigel Faragepublished at 22:58 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    "If you fly into Gatwick you will see lots of green spaces. However, if you have a country in which the population goes up as a direct result of immigration, what you find is not a shortage of green fields, you find a shortage of primary school places, you find a shortage of GP surgeries. We have fewer GPs per head than any other country in Europe today. You find congestion on the roads and the London Underground or wherever you go.

    "You are constantly playing catch-up and the general quality of life for the mass of population goes down. In 1990 the population of this country was 55 million. It is now between 62 and 63 million and that is a massive increase."

  14. Question twopublished at 22:57 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    "Is Britain really overcrowded?" Lynne O'Donoghue, retired civil servant

    Question two
  15. Postpublished at 22:57 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    Camilla Cavendish
  16. Question Time - Get Involvedpublished at 22:56 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    Charlie, London: The reason Russell Brand has 9 million Twitter followers is because he speaks sense. His comments on not voting resonated with me because it feels like a paradigm shift is needed.

    Graham, Ramsgate: Nigel Farage is out of touch with no policies and riding on the poorly equipped alternatives in Tory/Lab/Lib Dem world. Let's see the US-style ballot papers with "none of the above" added. Then we'll see how good these so-called politicians really are.

  17. Question Time - Your Viewspublished at 22:55 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    Dan, Oxford: "It was said earlier that the reason people vote is because of hope and optimism. I would argue that in fact many people vote to ensure tyrannical parties don't get in, to counter their chances of being elected or re-elected. I for one will be voting Labour, purely to ensure the NHS isn't destroyed rather than having much faith in Miliband."

    Ant, Rhyl: "More hecklers in the QT audience than in the Commons!"

    Sue, Colchester: "Just hope Farage gets his policies into Parliament and let's all save Great Britain before it's too late."

  18. Penny Mourdant ' 'Hearts are in the right place'published at 22:54 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    "There are pieces of theatre in parliament and some fantastic debates," she tells the audience in Canterbury.

    Even though she disagrees with a lot of what politicians from across the political spectrum say, "their hearts are in the right place".

  19. Political debatepublished at 22:52 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2014

    Another member of the audience says people are fed up with the "Punch & Judy" style of political debate but also raises concerns over the voting system.

    Automatically attacking political opponents is a real problem, he adds.