Calling out extremist rhetoric is not becoming a mouthpiece for the extreme left (or the extreme right), but a voice for human decency. We al know what happens when media refuses to challange the state, not just in Nazi occupied, but also Soviet occupied countries. Visit Eastern European countries and their are enough museums that show what happened.

In terms of the tweet, to highlighting similarities between the current government's language and the language used by the Nazi's in Germany is not spouting an opinion but reporting fact, and it is none of the BBC's business if holding a mirror up to what ministers say reveal their dangerous narrative. We must never let governments dictate what can and can't be reported, even if the government in power doesn't like it and shows them up for what they are.

If the tories have faith in their policies, then it is up to them to put forward coherent counter-arguments to the contrary, not force dissenters and whistleblowers into silence.