last week, we broadcast a plea from viewer alan watts for a ban on the word "expected" and on speculation statement... we arejoined, though, by one of the viewers who got in touch with us on this subject, bob skipworth. bob, thank you for coming on newswatch. why did you get in touch? precisely because the news bulletin began with something that wasn't news, it was just speculation. and this was, what, the day before the budget — days before the budget? the 6pm news, the day before the budget. so, would you rather the bbc not discuss the budget at all before it happened? certainly not, no, i think it could have been an item later on in the bulletin simply saying something like, "well, "we all know tomorrow is the budget, and there's been a lot "of speculation as to what may or may not be in the budget, "such as tax cuts or cuts to national insurance. "but we'll have to wait and see what happens tomorrow, "then we'll analyse it further." yeah — so the chancellor, as you'll know, was on the laura kuenssberg programme the sunday before the budget. would you rather the bbc hadn't had him on?