An apt choice?

Yup, I missed the election night results. Was tucked up in bed at midnight ahead of my exam this morning. Still watched enough to see that for my local contest, Bethnal Green & Bow, they had dispatched Rageh Omar, the BBC war correspondent down to our part of the world.

Given the vitriloic nature of the campaign and passions on both sides, perhaps the Beeb was trying to say something?