▁as ▁" a ▁Labour ▁activ ist ". ▁S alem ▁def ended ▁Ku ens s berg , ▁saying ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁doing ▁her ▁job ▁" without ▁fear ▁or ▁favour ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁vital ▁part ▁of ▁dem ocracy . ▁I ▁don ' t ▁think ▁' Lab our ▁activ ist ▁car es ▁about ▁N HS ' ▁is ▁a ▁huge ▁sc oop ▁though ... ". ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁general ▁election , ▁Ku ens s berg ▁was ▁accused ▁of ▁bias , ▁in ▁various ▁campaign ▁inc idents , ▁alongside ▁criticism ▁of ▁the ▁BBC ' s ▁election ▁coverage . ▁On ▁ 1 1 ▁December , ▁one ▁day ▁before ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁general ▁election , ▁she ▁drew ▁controvers y ▁by ▁claim ing ▁on ▁air ▁that ▁submitted ▁postal ▁votes , ▁apparently ▁viewed ▁by ▁both ▁the ▁Labour ▁Party ▁and ▁the ▁Conserv ative ▁Party , ▁were ▁" looking ▁pretty ▁gr im ▁for ▁Labour ▁in ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁country ". ▁View ing ▁postal ▁votes ▁prior ▁to ▁pol ling ▁day ▁is ▁in ▁bre ach ▁of ▁gu idel ines ▁set ▁by ▁the ▁Elect oral ▁Commission ▁and ▁predict ing ▁elect oral ▁out comes ▁based ▁on ▁votes ▁cast ▁prior ▁to ▁pol ls ▁closing ▁may ▁be ▁a ▁criminal ▁off ence . ▁The ▁foot age ▁was ▁subsequently ▁with dra wn ▁from ▁BBC ▁i Player , ▁while ▁the ▁episode ▁of ▁Polit ics ▁Live ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁incident ▁happened ▁was ▁with dra wn ▁and ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁BBC ▁Parliament ▁schedule . ▁The ▁BBC ▁News ▁press ▁office ▁twe et ed :