Sian Berry was not given room to speak for more than 11 seconds after being asked to clarify what the Greens’ position was on the defensive alliance.

Bruce laid out how the Green Party’s policy used to be to come out of Nato but leader Zack Polanski earlier this year had said a new position was to reform it from within.

He then went on to say it couldn’t be reformed because of US president Donald Trump and so “step two” would be to look at an alternative alliance with the likes of Europe, Brazil, Mexico and countries from the global south.

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After Bruce asked Berry to “translate” that, she spelled out her own version before letting Berry speak. The Green MP was then only able to speak for four seconds before being interrupted.

Berry then said: “We wish to stay within Nato, we no longer have a policy to withdraw unilaterally from Nato, and we want to pursue other alliances as well. This is the same position as the Canadian prime minister [and] the German chancellor.”

Bruce weighed in again to question whether this was the German chancellor’s position before repeating what she had already said about Polanski’s position previously.

Berry was then able to speak for 11 seconds to say the Green policy was as Polanski had described adding: “Look at who is destabilising Nato the most, and that is Donald Trump.

Fiona Bruce asks Sian Berry to explain the Green Party’s policy on NATO

But every time Sian Berry speaks, Fiona Bruce interrupts her flow so she can’t get a clear answer out pic.twitter.com/N6gXQISMQp

— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) March 12, 2026

“Look at the North Atlantic treaty’s articles one to four, they are about defence, they are about building peace, meanwhile Donald Trump has renamed the secretary of defence the secretary of war.”

She was interrupted again by Bruce who said: “So just to talk about the Green party for a minute because that’s obviously what you are part of, the Green Party’s policy then is to turn away from Nato and set forward different global strategic alliance?”

Berry clarified this again for Bruce stressing “we cannot rely on the USA”.

Bruce has been deeply criticised on social media for not allowing Berry to speak.

Content creator Farrukh said on Twitter/X: “Fiona Bruce asks Sian Berry to explain the Green Party’s policy on Nato. But every time Sian Berry speaks, Fiona Bruce interrupts her flow so she can’t get a clear answer out.”

Another user said: “Fiona Bruce doing her best to talk over Sian Berry at every opportunity. Why bother inviting her on?”

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Another person said: “The continuous talking-over of Sian Berry by Fiona Bruce is outrageous.

“I could hardly hear the opinion/discussion – instead only hearing Bruce interjecting.”

Berry featured on the programme a fortnight after the Green Party stormed to victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election in Greater Manchester, where Labour lost one of their safest seats from their General Election landslide in 2024.

The week before the by-election, the Green Party slated the BBC after it handed Reform UK their third Question Time slot in a row.

The Green Party had been pipped as favourites to take the seat but were not given a spot on the panel in a move that was branded “outrageous” and an “affront to democracy” by their deputy leader Rachel Millward.

The BBC has been approached for comment.