Well, I do declare

I have tried very hard not to get too caught up on the accusations of BBC bias, being content to focus more on truly shambolic standards of professionalism and/or journalism, but staying in this twilight zone of naive belief is proving a trial.

No one is above a view or affiliation, but for sure if they are wheeled out it should be well known and shared. And I don't just mean Andrew Marr*:

BBBC

Imagine the scene:

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Saturday Editorial Meeting, The Andrew Marr Show

'Gordon's tanking all over the place; even his own party is turning on him. We've got a tame Minister booked, but what else can we do for a bit of balance?",

Moments of silence, and then Andrew Marr himself pipes up:

"I know! Was at a dinner bash only last night at Go... at a dinner party, and Mariella said she was free in tomorrow and didn't mind getting up early to rally the troops. How about her?"

Smiles all round.

"Perfect. Blonde celeb with a heart of gold. And she hasn't been on for, well...days!"

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Until these pages I had not realised she was also a close, personal friend.

Has it not sunk in with these numpties how such a selection might play? Or do they simply not care?

*Ms Frostrup is a close personal friend of Gordon Brown - she should declare that when trying to defend him in today's newspaper review
Stephen Jones, UK - On the feedback page which, oddly, and not for the first time, is restricted to a few comments but manges one twice.