Are Labour trying to silence John Redwood ?

Today in his blog John Redwood outlines the Labour spin operation over Rover and how successful it has been in diverting attention form government failures over Rover.

He also points out that this is only possible due to the considerable influence New Labour still has over journalists and editors. ( I would say especially at the BBC. )

He then goes on to say how he had been put on standby to appear on Newsnight, and asked not to accept any other offers for media appearances, but then his appearance was cancelled due to orders from higher up.

Could it be that there's a view on the credit crunch that the BBC wishes to suppress ?

This just goes to show that the BBC is hopelessly politically compromised and must be disbanded by an incoming Conservative Govt.