Rock/Hard Place

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Guido is his usual kind self to Nick Robinson over the genial political editor’s apparent defensiveness concerning the Prescott-monster with his Clintonesque escapades. Just as we are, Guido is

‘willing to give Nick Robinson the benefit of the doubt when he says “I’m not covering up for Prescott!”‘

The choice presented is this: either Robinson knows things and isn’t prepared to enlighten his employers, the public, or he doesn’t know about what many, many people are now saying is Prescott’s egregious philandering on public time with public money. After all, Robinson is the BBC’s political editor.

Dishonest or incompetent? Or perhaps just nannying. The old dilemmas we wrestle with concerning the Beeb. Guido puts it very well.