Overt bullying

From Hansard, PMsQs, Wednesday

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab)
 When is the Prime Minister going to sort out the difference between the BBC and the Government in relation to his party’s manifesto commitment at the last general election to maintain free television licences for the over-75s? When is something going to be done about this?

The Prime Minister
The BBC has the funds, as the hon. Gentleman knows full well, and it should be funding those free TV licences. We continue to make that argument vigorously with the BBC. The hon. Gentleman asks me to put the screws on the BBC. Believe me, we certainly will.

From the Oxford English Dictionary: "to put the screws on" "to exert strong psychological pressure on (someone) so as to intimidate them into doing something."