LAST week, following the Ukip victory in the Clacton by-election, The BBC plastered its news section with coverage of the party.

The breaking news headline on the BBC News website that Saturday was that "Nigel Farage goes campaigning in Rochester and Strood."

Now besides the fact that isn’t a news story - "man hands out leaflets in Kent" - it was positive publicity towards Ukip.

However, on October 16, the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group of the European Parliament, of which Ukip is the largest member, collapsed.

This is without a doubt a bigger news story as it involves the loss of funds for Ukip of roughly £1million, and shows that not everything is rosy in the garden of UKIP.

For some reason, this story didn't make the front page of BBC News, nor did it make the headlines in the politics section.

Instead it was a minor story on the politics page, under the headline "Eurosceptic MEP group collapses."

How strange it seems that no reference to Ukip is made when the news is not positive, and quite a big story, but when something minor occurs the BBC seems to obey Nigel Farage's every word and fill the news pages with it.

As a national, state-funded broadcaster, it is the BBC's duty to be fair and impartial.

Conor Ritchie, Clatterbridge.