Summary of complaint
We’ve received complaints from people who are unhappy about that Laura Kuenssberg didn’t interview Zack Polanski following the Green Party Conference.Ìý
Our response
Zack Polanski and the Greens have not been denied the opportunity to appear on the programme but rather have been offered a chance to do the show on a date when they will be given more time. Mr Polanski has accepted the invitation to do an interview next week (19th October).
The reason Mr Polanski didn’t appear on the programme the week of the Green conference was because of severe time constraints. This was because there were overlapping party conferences (it was the Conservative conference that week as well) and the breaking news of the synagogue attack in Manchester. The programme team felt that there was not enough time to do an in-depth interview with Mr Polanski and so instead offered him an opportunity to do an interview on next week's show where there will be more time and space to discuss Green party policies.
We’d also note Mr Polanski has already done several ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ interviews in response to the Manchester attacks including Politics Live on the 2nd October where he discussed the Manchester synagogue attack. Mr Polanski also appeared on Today on the 3rd October.
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