TELEVISION and radio pundit Hardeep Singh Kohli claims he has lost work with BBC Scotland because he was on a blacklist of commentators backing Scottish independence.
The comedian and broadcaster said a senior figure at the corporation had told him before 2014’s referendum that there was a deliberate plan to keep pro-independence voices off the airwaves.
“I don’t know if you noticed but I used to be on Question Time, and I used to be on Any Questions on the wireless until my political allegiance became clear,” SNP-supporting Kohli told an audience at a celebrities for independence event last week.
“And it does strike me as quite curious that Unionists can have a marvellous career in broadcasting, because apparently that’s not biased.
“It’s not biased for them to sit and tell us that we’re too wee and we’re too stupid to govern ourselves.
“You know, I lost a lot of work, I still don’t get the odd television job.”
The BBC has denied Kohli’s claims of a blacklist.
A spokesman for the corporation said: “BBC Scotland does not have any such list.
“Our news, current affairs and topical programming reflects a broad range of perspectives from across the political spectrum.”
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