Where do you fancy working ?

The ads for BBC news boss James Harding's latest job creations are out. Health Editor and Education Editor. Here's the tricky component of both.

Much of the work will inevitably be done in conjunction with the health/education team in London, but we are interested in exploring whether the job could be wholly or partly based in either Birmingham or Salford.

Some questions: Why Birmingham ? We know there's tons of office space at the Mailbox, as do local MPs, but there's very little network news infrastructure.

Is there a right answer ? In assessing the candidates, will someone who says they'll work from Salford or Birmingham be rated more highly than those who argue the job should be based in the capital ? What proportion of the interview panel's scorecared does this element carry ?

And if the job is "partly" based outside London, will the successful candidate be entitled to London weighting allowance on their grade 10 pay ?

And, frankly, shouldn't base location be a strategic high-level BBC news decision, rather than taking up most of the interview ?