By Alasdair Glennie Tv Correspondent Under fire: The BBC's new economics correspondent Duncan Weldon has admitted he has flirted with the far Right His impartiality has already been questioned because of his Left-wing politics and links to the trade union movement. Now the BBC’s new economics correspondent – also under fire for a relative lack of journalistic experience – has admitted he has flirted with the far Right. Duncan Weldon, who starts work with flagship current affairs show Newsnight next month, has been accused of taking part in a racist leafleting campaign organised by the British National Party. After being confronted over the allegations, he wrote a blog post admitting he had a ‘misguided  flirtation with the ideas of the far Right’ as a teenager.
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Duncan Weldon starts work with flagship show Newsnight next month
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He has been accused of taking part in a BNP leafleting campaign
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Economics correspondent admitted having been a fascist in an article he wrote for his student newspaper in Oxford
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Weldon says he embellished  'far Right adventure' to impress his peers
A BBC spokesman said: ‘Mr Weldon is a highly respected professional who has assured us he has not been a member of  the @placeholder.’