Was the BBC’s Jubilee coverage terrible?

Was the BBC’s coverage of the Jubilee celebrations really as awful as all the papers seem to say it was? I’ve always rather liked Sophie Raworth, yet she and her colleagues come in for a terrible pasting — especially from the Mail of course. But I’d be interested to hear your views. Also on the subject of Kate Middleton, who I thought looked rather fit in that scarlet tunic, although she’s got it in the neck too.

Thing is, I’m out of the country — in Austria — and can therefore experience the joys of this jubilee holiday vicariously, i.e. through the papers and with your assistance for clarification and correction. This is a sort of reverse blog, then, where I look to you for news. I’m out of the country for the start of the Olympics too. It’s not coincidence.

Incidentally, did anyone see that utter twat from Republic, holding up a placard which said: ‘I want a head of state to embody my values’. Well, you fatuous, pompous, solipsistic, middle class tosser, nobody else does.