All I want is a level playing field

I like the BBC, I think that it is one of the greatest institutions we have. It is particularly distressing when such a well respected body fails to play by the rules. This news report in the Telegraph highlights a very serious breach of the BBC's code of conduct.

The BBC creating artificial disruptions during a political speech could be a legitimate activity if each of the main parties were put through the same ordeal and if it were not during an election campaign. The fact that the BBC directed hecklers were only at Conservative speeches during a general election campaign is particularly damaging. It is unlikely the program will go out before polling day but it does make me feel rather uncomfortable about the impartiality of the BBC now. Pity.

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Only Labour could do it twice, they spent more money on schools and managed to create a funding crisis which led to teachers being made redundant and now they manage to turn "record investment in the NHS" into near bankruptcy for hospitals. What a talent.

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Here is a bit more coverage of the meetings I had on Tuesday.