As if to prove its left-wing credentials, the BBC's 'Andrew Marr' show has opted to have a gaggle of guests who are heavily weighted against Theresa May and Brexit.
Toby Young appeared as the right wing representative to review the day's newspapers and spoke positively while recognizing that things were far from ideal. However, we then had George Osborne, the former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer and prospective Prime Minister himself, who was sacked by Mrs May when she became Party Leader, has since become editor of the Evening Standard and carried out a vitriolic campaign against her during the last few weeks. On today's programme, Osborne was given free rein to carry on his campaign on air and made it clear that he continues to be bitter and twisted.
Nothing much needs to be said about Polly Toynbee who seems to be beloved of the BBC and is a 'hard left' journalist and commentator. Then there was Jeremy Corbyn, looking like the cat who swallowed the cream even though he actually lost the election; there are few serious politicians in the country who are more left-wing than him.
The supposed 'political balance' was then achieved by bringing in Michael Fallon and Michael Heseltine. While Fallon is an honourable and loyal member of Mrs May's cabinet and government, Heseltine has rarely been anything other than trouble for the Conservative Party and its various leaders, having failed to become such himself. He is pompous, arrogant and a strong Europhile; he is no lover of Theresa May or of Brexit. His contribution was centred on Brexit being a 'cancer at the heart of the Conservative Party', while completely ignoring the fact that it is actually the will of the people; he still refuses to accept the result of the referendum.
Finally, we had a socialist Member of the European Parliament who was at pains to point out how difficult everything was going to be.
Taken together, this added up to 2 voices speaking for Theresa May, her government and Brexit, and 5 speaking against. Balance ?!!
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