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The fact he's the spouse of someone famous isn't why he had a report on BBC News, its mainly his very significant role in new Labour. That's why its reported from that perspective, and the stuff that's being covered is extremely mild. The fact he was very much viewed as a hyper aggressive partisan figure isn't highlighted, nor have the targets of his work, but many senior people in news will have had personal experience of his political style and be aware that a glowing soft focus report isn't appropriate.

The BBC report was a fair, considered and well crafted piece of work. Sometimes journalism isn't binary good/bad, it's reflective of complex and contradictory human life.

If he hadn't had Covid and died I very much doubt he'd have got a full report, a fleeting mention at best.

I think it's a given there will be tributes on Monday's GMB.