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8 January 2016

Does the BBC have questions to answer about Stephen Doughty’s resignation?

Left-wing critics of the Corporation should be careful: they may get exactly what they ask for.

By Stephen Bush

Earlier this week, I appeared on the BBC to say positive things about the reshuffle (mostly). Beforehand, one of the producers rung to discuss whether I could do it – and what I thought about the reshuffle. The presenter, Clive Myrie, had a pretty good idea how I’d answer the questions before I answered them – although I think my decision to use not one but two convoluted metaphors came as something of a shock.

Elsewhere, the BBC is under fire for inviting another Stephen, junior frontbencher Stephen Doughty, onto the Daily Politics, in full knowledge that he was going to resign live on air, and scheduling it for maximum “impact”. 

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