Watch: Question Time guests clash over link between mental health and poverty

British Broadcasting Corporation Question Time During a heated debate on Thursday’s (March 21) show, a guest clashed with a panelist over the correlation between mental health and poverty.

Columnist Rod Liddell says he has “some sympathy” for Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride over his claims that mental health issues are “too far gone” but says the issue “has nothing to do with poverty” “.

This prompted an angry reaction from a viewer who works as a therapist at a school.

She said, “Rod, if you think this has nothing to do with poverty, I can suggest you live in poverty for six months and I’ll give you a free therapy session and we’ll talk about your mental health.”