Most Beeboids will be wandering around in mild shock today. Despite all previous publicity, Richard Sharp's appearance in front of the Culture Select Committee revealed him to be a BBC fanboy - not quite a saviour, but possibly a herald of a more stable future.
He can't have entirely concealed his burning candle for public service broadcasting during his previous encounters with the occupants of No 10 and No 11. So, in The Times, James Forsyth, Political Editor of The Spectator and the man closest to Allegra Stratton, provides an explanation. To paraphrase, Boris Johnson now seeks not to break the BBC, but to teach it a lesson, if necessary by the breaking of some minor bones.
Mr Forsyth offers a new list of previous crimes committed by the BBC - being unfair at a local level in London to Boris the Mayor; a lack of impartiality at a cultural level (presumably there is a playwright somewhere who would like to make drama out of the successes of Gavin Williamson, Priti Patel and Robert Jenrick); a failure to beat Russia Today to the important South American news market; and Radio 1 podcasts about reality tv.
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