Straight from the horse’s mouth

. BBC political editor Andrew Marr (RealAudio, 3 minutes in) on the Today programme’s legendary neutrality.

“… I was talking to an eminent American pollster who’s been observing it closely – and he says that on immigration, Michael Howard has a breakthrough issue – if he’s prepared to use it – but he’s too nervous of the liberal media – you know, er, (laughs) the Today programme, the newspapers and so on – jumping on him if he really goes for immigration … “