Notable Media Appearances
Yaqoob has made six appearances on the panel of BBC One;s Question Time programme. Her first appearance was in Skegness, 19 January 2006, shortly before her election as a councilor. She returned in Preston (October 2006), followed by her home town of Birmingham on the of 8 February 2007 and Bath on 12 February 2009.
On 10 December 2009, Question Time was held in Wootton Bassett, a town where the bodies of UK troops killed in Afghanistan pass through and are informally mourned. Salma Yaqoob stated that she "would be proud to have my sons defend this country" and argued for better support for UK troops and their withdrawal from Afghanistan.
She made her sixth appearance on the show on Thursday 10 June 2010, when it was broadcast from Plymouth. She was joined on the panel by Ben Bradshaw, Jeremy Hunt, Katie Hopkins and Toby Young.
Yaqoob has also made appearances on The Politics Show, This Week, Daily Politics, 10 O'Clock Live, and Frost Over The World.
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