Complaint
A listener complained that Nick Robinson, interviewing the Prime Minister during the Labour Party Conference, had expressed a personal view to the effect that the Government鈥檚 support for Israel was immoral.聽 The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 成人快手鈥檚 editorial standards of impartiality.
Outcome
The complaint was prompted by this question: 鈥淲hat do you say to the thousands in your party, some protesting outside this party conference, who say, when will he have the moral courage to stand up to Israel, simply to say, enough, too many thousands are dying. Britain should be clear whose side it鈥檚 on, and it shouldn鈥檛 be Israel鈥檚鈥.聽 In the ECU鈥檚 view, this was clearly an invitation to the Prime Minister to address a significant strand of Labour Party opinion, not an expression of Mr Robinson鈥檚 own view.
Not upheld