The BBC's decision not to report the dead pig allegations against David Cameron is unacceptable

The BBC likes to say that, when a really big story breaks, the nation turns to the corporation for its take on the news. Not now it doesn’t. Not when #piggate has dominated social media all day, not to mention the front page of the Daily Mail, which is serialising Lord Ashcroft’s account of David Cameron’s alleged excesses as an Oxford student. BBC News has just published its version of the story, leading on Lord Ashcroft’s claims that the book is “not about settling scores”, even though it so obviously seems to be. But search the BBC story for “pig” and you’ll find...