S Haddow

For us all to feel a little more optimistic and to ease national anxiety, the BBC should change its tone and stop taking a sniping position. After watching BBC Breakfast with Naga Munchetty this morning, I am growing increasingly aggravated by the BBC's anti Government sentiment. For instance, without substance, you delivered a platform for a grieving mother to brand Dominic Raab a liar and call for his resignation. Really? More generally and more importantly, regarding most of your programming on the subject of Covid-19, the BBC seems determined to criticise and find weakness rather than celebrate success. For example, rather than cheering on the rapid build of a track and trace function from scratch, Charlie’s questions are engineered to knock our confidence in timelines and capability. We’re not stupid. Viewers understand the complexities and the risks involved when building new facilities. So, having the BBC hold the Government to specific dates and targets that are likely to slip isn’t clever, nor is it productive. The BBC is in danger of tiring and dividing the nation. You’re a news service, not the Gestapo. Generally, we want to hear what we're getting right. We need to hear what we're excelling at. Most want to feel that Britain is great. Please do not, as with ramping up testing capacity, keep a subject in focus whilst the Government is moderately failing to meet its target then drop the same subject from sight when it meets its target. At this particular moment in our history, that is the wrong way round. The financial support for businesses is world-leading and expensive. There is no template and no textbook to instruct a nation on how to get out of this. So, at your first opportunity, please do not tell us that something was obvious and that Rishi should have known! I fear, however, that Naga and Charlie will succumb to their usual blood thirst when we hit the first bump in the road. I'm definitely falling out of love with the BBC.