LORD PAUL ANYONE?

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The bias of Andrew Marr was not revealed by any interruption coefficients this morning (which showed a surprisingly high 1.3 against Alan Johnson and a remarkably low 0.2 against William Hague - though the latter took place over a long-distance feed with a couple-of-second delay, which is doubtless why Marr wasn't interrupting him!) No, the bias was revealed in the nature of the questioning. Here's how the questions broke down by topic:
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Alan Johnson
Theme - Number of questions asked
Immigration - 8
Prosecuted Labour MPs & the 1689 Bill of Rights - 2
Chilcot Inquiry - 4
Narrowing polls - 1
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William Hague
Theme - Number of questions asked
Chilcot Inquiry - 2
Narrowing polls - 1
Climate Change - 1
Iran - 1
Lord Ashcroft's tax status - 4
Prosecuted Labour MPs & the 1689 Bill of Rights - 1
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Note that, 4 questions - 4!!! - about Lord Ashcroft's tax status.
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Again and again, first Andrew Marr then Jon Sopel will ask their Sunday Conservative guests about Lord Ashcroft. Of Labour's Lord Paul (who?) not a question. Only Lord Ashcroft. Marr last tackled David Cameron about it on 10th January and interrupted William Hague 5 times over the issue back on 8th November.
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