BBC viewers worried about political interference, boss says
Majority of respondents expressed concern about political influence over the BBC, while the director-general insisted the corporation remains editorially independent and sacrosanct.
Why is Ed Miliband a target for all sides? Because he's a lefty politician who gets things done | Andy Beckett
Miliband provokes rightwing journalists and voters like no other minister, evoking comparisons to the relentless targeting faced by socialist Tony Benn in the 1970s.