LEFT-WINGERS ALL THE WAY

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The left-liberal bias at the BBC was also on display in a report on Dutch attitudes to the Afghan War featured on today's The World This Weekend.

It purported to offer a cross-section of opinion, but turned out to be a debate between voices from the Dutch Left (not that they were described as such). Ed Stourton interviewed Dick Pels, a sociologist and head of the left-liberal think-tank Waterland; Martijn van Dam of the Dutch Labour Party; and Wim van den Burg of the left-wing AFMP union. Only the final interviewee was not obviously left-wing, being Jan Kleian of the moderate ACOM union. The Netherlands has a vibrant Right-of-Centre. Why was it ignored?
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Later on the same programme the forthcoming Iraq inquiry was discussed with that old BBC favourite, Professor Peter Hennessy - always an interesting guest, but a man who also hails from the left-side of politics. Then on came the obligatory Sir Ming Campbell and that old Labour rogue Lord George Foulkes to complete the cast-list of liberals and lefties.