I have no idea whether Robert Peston knows his subject but he is so obviously no good at his job that it's astonishing he's still got it.
I've just listened to him talking endlessly about something to do with BSkyB and saying almost nothing at all. His halting, rambling and stammering delivery is a nightmare for anyone trying to follow what he's talking about, similar in some ways to the abominable breaks in delivery used for effect by Tony Blair.
As a rule, I find BBC commentators to be both knowledgeable AND easy to listen to; one or two, Nick Robinson springs to mind, I had initial concerns about but he quickly changed my opinion. The Beeb has many excellent commentators as well as Robinson - James Landale, Stephanie Flanders and Mark Mardell are prime examples as well as the likes of Bridget Kendall and Kate Adie. But why-oh-why do they have to inflict the dreadful Peston on we poor listeners and viewers ?
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