Ian Bell The BBC ban on the First Minister had nothing to do with rugby and everything to do with the institutions of the British state becoming rattled by the independence debate By Ian Bell
Brian Taylor, Scotland's man on screen, is usually listed among these, like his counterparts in Wales and Northern Ireland, as a "national editor". That's not, of course, the half of it.
There are, for example, five correspondents stationed at Westminster along with editors, researchers and the like whose sole business is politics. Holyrood, Stormont and Cardiff are similarly staffed, although not as lavishly. Various programmes – Newsnight, Today, The Daily Politics, The World At One – have their own political journalists, as do English regions.
The British establishment strikes back
THE BBC employs 24 fearless political journalists whose names you are liable to recognise, starting with Nick Robinson, its political editor.
Brian Taylor, Scotland's man on screen, is usually listed among these, like his counterparts in Wales and Northern Ireland, as a "national editor". That's not, of course, the half of it.
There are, for example, five correspondents stationed at Westminster along with editors, researchers and the like whose sole business is politics. Holyrood, Stormont and Cardiff are similarly staffed, although not as lavishly. Various programmes – Newsnight, Today, The Daily Politics, The World At One – have their own political journalists, as do English regions.
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