The Daily Telegraph

BBC’S Robinson smeary and dreadful, says IDS

- By Harry Yorke POLITICAL CORRESPOND­ENT

NICK ROBINSON has been accused of conducting a “dreadful, smeary” interview in an “appallingl­y superior tone” in leaked messages sent by Iain Duncan Smith.

Leaked discussion­s from a forum run by the European Research Group, a probrexit pressure group of Conservati­ve MPS, have revealed that prominent backbenche­rs have submitted multiple complaints to the BBC over alleged inaccuraci­es in its reporting.

In one discussion, which took place on mobile app Whatsapp, the former Tory leader expressed anger at Mr Robinson’s handling of an interview with ally Steve Baker, the Brexit minister.

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