BBC political editor Nick Robinson’s disdain for the PM and his attempts to push Conservative Party narratives seems more blatant every day.
He says in a blog post:

At the end of the programme he stood up to leave and then, when reminded that he was still on camera, refused to make eye contact with Andrew Marr. It’s something I’ve experienced many times before. The reason, I suspect, is that the interview was memorable, apart from what he had to say about combating terror, for a slip – on election timing; for denial – about the need for public spending cuts; and for defensiveness – about talk of a class war against David Cameron’s Conservatives.
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The denial came when he was pressed repeatedly about the credibility of his “deficit reduction plan”. The Prime Minister highlighted tax rises on the rich and on bankers bonuses but continued to talk of spending increases – not using the “cuts” word once. No wonder Peter Mandelson’s frustrated.

That’s twice the BBC’s political editor admits that he wanted the PM to talk about public sector ‘cuts’ – as if that is the only option available to the government. But of course they are not. The government could maintain spending and confidence in the economy until it recovers and then look to announce a programme to reduce the deficit.

The alternative is to push for deep cuts now that would not only fail to even make a dent in the deficit, but also threaten the recovery by pushing unemployment higher and spending lower. There’s only one way to properly plug the deficit: letting the income tax base recover. Talking about deep ‘cuts’ would frighten consumers, reduce spending and push up unemployment further.

But Nick Robinson has bought the Tory narrative on the economy so completely, he’s positively disappointed Gordon Brown hasn’t echoed it.