BBC is ‘past its sell-by date’ as a state-funded broadcaster, claim Conservative MPs – Allah's Willing Executioners
The BBC has had its day as a taxpayer-funded corporation in the wake of the Gary Lineker impartiality saga, prominent Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed.
The former cabinet minister told GB News the state broadcaster should no longer be funded by the mandatory license fee of £159 payable by all Brits who watch live television, and said the BBC would have far fewer problems if it was privately funded.
The corporation has come under fierce scrutiny over the past week after its highest-paid presenter, Gary Lineker, criticized the government’s new asylum policy on social media by comparing it with 1930s Germany. The sports presenter was subsequently suspended from his duties, which saw a massive backlash among several BBC staff who refused to work in protest, resulting in much scaled-back coverage of British sports over the weekend.
However, the corporation walked back its position on Monday, issuing a groveling apology for the whole mess and reinstating the broadcaster, who has …
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