That might help to explain Newsnight's political stance

Harry's Place about the BBC journalists strike reminded me of something that I had forgtten about Newsnight's economics editor, Paul Mason; something that Harry's Place reported just over two years ago. Go and read for yourselves...

'I do not think that a BBC journalist would participate in three events organised by the BNP or BNP front organisations. I am suprised that Newsnight’s Economic editor – of all things! – feels comfortable participating in SWP events.

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... the Socialist Workers’ Party: which in the past ten years has devoted its energies to promoting speakers from Hamas and Hezbollah, lying about their genocidal racism, and promoting the viciously antisemitic Gilad Atzmon.'