Summary of complaint
We received some complaints about the treatment of the Liberal Democrats鈥 election success.
Our response
Across the programme, the success of the Liberal Democrats was reflected a number of times, with Laura Kuenssberg reflecting: 鈥淢ore of you voted for other parties than ever before鈥 and 鈥淭his election made history for all sorts of reasons and when you put the votes together, the 鈥榮maller鈥 parties got their highest ever share of the votes.鈥
The interview with the leader of the Liberal Democrats was live, with an unscripted congratulations beginning the first question on the work that lay ahead for their 72 MPs.
Laura鈥檚 approach to every interview is to be courteous, fair and duly impartial. Viewers may have their own judgements about the tone and conduct of an exchange, but we believe our political guests are given a fair hearing. The host鈥檚 questioning and delivery was in line with the fundamental part of her role as a presenter and journalist. This gives our audience an informed and impartial analysis of key political events, using her experience and judgement.