What a wonderfully circular world of modern Conservatism. The Telegraph (Boris Johnson's 'real boss' according to Dominic Cummings) reports that Discovery (the US media giant that exploits Olympic values by charging to watch them, and funds GB News) would be interested in buying Channel 4 (that John Whittingdale has proffered to buyers as the DCMS contribution to the Chancellor's overspend).
Oliver Dowden has been told to say that C4 doesn't have a viable future (just had its most successful year financially, in the middle of a pandemic) and must seek 'an alternative ownership model'. Dangerous civil servants in the Cabinet Office are reported to have told No 10 that privatisation of C4 offers 'no value to the taxpayer'.
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