Post-debate polls lead the news agenda – unless Ed Miliband wins
Obsessive focus on poll results is quietly shelved when Labour is ahead
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Daily Mail says BBC bodyguards for Clarkson threat are waste of money
But yesterday the paper ran a piece on ignored death threats to Jill Dando
Jeremy Clarkson was sacked over violence, not ‘political correctness’
The Top Gear host’s fate was sealed when he punched a co-worker. But the papers blame the BBC.
More people signed a campaign to bring back Clarkson than to end FGM
Narcissistic armchair activism needs instant gratification, hence its focus on trivial issues like Clarkson
Bashar al Assad: wear a good suit and deny everything
Assad has once again shown himself incapable of any recognition of reality
Memo to the BBC: wealth is created by workers as well as ‘captains of industry’
The PM is calling on bosses to give workers a pay rise while making it harder for workers to actually win things like pay increases
Broadcaster’s bias against women reflects problems far beyond the industry
Women still have a sell-by date, shy away from ‘serious’ subjects and are hampered by childcare issues – it’s not just the BBC that needs a shake-up.
Hilary Mantel and the ‘vicious’ left
The proposal to stop the broadcast of a fictional portrayal of Margaret Thatcher reveals something far more pernicious than an author’s fantasy.
When do we get a say over BBC Worldwide?
There’s a big privatisation about to happen that you might not know about.
Left Foot Forward writer Duncan Weldon to be new Newsnight economics correspondent
Congratulations this Friday go to the Duncan Weldon, a Left Foot Forward contributor since 2009, who is joining BBC Newsnight as their economics correspondent.