OFCOM is still investigating a BBC Radio 4 interview with Baroness Ruth Davidson back in February, despite saying its findings would be published at the beginning of this month.

John Parker complained about the February 28 World at One (Wato) interview, which came ahead of the anticipated, but postponed, appearance of Alex Salmond before the committee investigating the Scottish Government’s handling of harassment allegations against him.

He said that in a 12-minute slot at the top of the programme, Davidson was given more than five minutes to allege institutional corruption and an SNP cover-up, with no serious challenge against her.

In the interview she said there were questions over whether Scotland’s democratic institutions were corrupt.

Parker recorded the programme segment and transcribed it, claiming: “All in all, a very one-sided and tendentious presentation to be making with Holyrood elections just a few weeks away.”

The BBC rebuffed his complaint at every level, after which he took it to Ofcom, but said he was frustrated that it was taking so long to investigate it.

Ofcom told The National in August its finding would be published in one of its fortnightly online bulletins after the August bank holiday weekend.

However, it did not appear and Ofcom later told us the complaint was “still being assessed”.

Yesterday, they said that was still the case.

Parker, who is English by birth but a long-time resident of Wales, said: “Whenever I look at the Ofcom website, I see many investigations launched, complaints assessed and decisions made on broadcasts occurring much later than February 28, 2021. For me the February 28 World at One item was a disgrace, and the BBC should be held to account for it.”