whether this piece, on the withdrawal from the party leadership contest of Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten, says more about the BBC or the Liberal Democrats.
In Parliament since 1997, Mr Oaten is seen as being to the right of many in the party, having promoted a law and order policy of “tough liberalism”.
Mr Oaten has campaigned for prisoners to be given the vote, a policy which his then leader confirmed would apply to child murderers.
He also believes that the best way to punish car thieves is to give them go-karting lessons.
Do the BBC have a very distorted view of what a tough law and order policy looks like ?
Or are they accurately reporting the current political spectrum in the Liberal Democrats ?
If the latter, the BBC should be reporting on what the ‘left’ candidates’ policies are. A law and order policy to the left of Mr Oaten is surely newsworthy.