The BBC has a major problem with the working class – it doesn’t know who they are and axing racing tips just proves that

ELECTIONS must be a pain in the arse for the BBC.

Sure, the ballot gives the broadcaster a good ­platform to burnish its public-service credentials with blanket coverage of ­something of ­national importance.

PAFlagship Today programme on Radio 4 ditched its daily racing tips after 47 years[/caption] GettyPresenter Amol Rajan announced that daily racing tips had ended[/caption]

But when Britain goes to the polls the BBC has to, in turn, go out and meet the half of the  population it ­cannot comprehend.