Sunday, February 01, 2004

The Letwin Defence

Truth Unvarnished accused me of inventing what he called the Hutton Defence (odd as it wasn't a defence) of the BBC. Anyway, whatever he was blathering on about I'm pleased to see that Oliver Letwin, the Conservative Shadow Chancellor, has already taken it up.

"The Shadow Chancellor, Oliver Letwin, won himself a loud round of applause on Question Time when he remarked: 'The BBC has reported on itself with an astonishing degree of impartiality. I don't think there's any other broadcasting organisation that would have done that.'"

Truth Unvarnished would like to see Oliver Letwin as Conservative leader.