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What is the BBC's problem with women?

There's something odd going on at the BBC and I can't decide if the cause of it is institutional ineptness, deliberate provocation, or something more insidious.

I've never been shy of banging on about the lack of women commentators on Newsnight Scotland.  All too often, we get an all bloke affair: I've lost count of the number of times this has happened and it was only after concerted criticism that a fleeting attempt was made to rectify matters.

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