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The prime minister had already decided he was going to be chairman of the bbc. so i do think we have this allegedly independent process, but i knew some people who were replying to be chair of the bbc and they were very, very good people, and yet you pick up the newspaper every day and discover that the culture secretary on the prime minister had a different idea, and of course, the original idea for chair of the bbc when richard sharp that it was that charles moore, lord moore, would have been chair of the bbc. so i think you can have this slightly mock process, i think i'm they come up with ...

The idea of the bbc�*s impartiality is important to defend and the bbc has to understand that all prime ministers attack the bbc, all prime ministers try and undermine the bbc, all prime ministers think they hold the whip hand through the licence fee. so, the bbc has to appeal, in a way, over the head of the politicians, to the public, to its audience, and say, "we're not frightened of government." and they don't, you know — it's easy to attack them for being frightened of government. impartiality? it's very, very... it's in the eye of the beholder, in a way, but it is very, very important...

Get rid of the licence fee, bring the bbc to heel. i mean, i think it's part of that syndrome that the bbc can become overcautious. i happen to think the things that emily — and i said it publicly and i've said it to her — said about the covid expedition of cummings to have his eyes tested, that it was clearly false. i thought that was not the right thing for her to say, that's all. but i think on the broader picture, the idea of the bbc�*s impartiality is important to defend and the bbc has to understand that all prime ministers attack the bbc, all prime ministers try and undermine the ...

Can become overcautious. i happen to think the things that emily — and i said it publicly and i've said it to her — said about the covid expedition of cummings to have his eyes tested, that it was clearly false. i thought that was not the right thing for her to say, that's all. but i think on the broader picture, the idea of the bbc�*s impartiality is important to defend and the bbc has to understand that all prime ministers attack the bbc, all prime ministers try and undermine the bbc, all prime ministers think they hold the whip hand through the licence fee. so, the bbc has to appeal, ...

I thought that was not the right thing for her to say, that's all. but i think on the broader picture, the idea of the bbc�*s impartiality is important to defend and the bbc has to understand that all prime ministers attack the bbc, all prime ministers try and undermine the bbc, all prime ministers think they hold the whip hand through the licence fee. so, the bbc has to appeal, in a way, over the head of the politicians, to the public, to its audience, and say, "we're not frightened of government." and they don't, you know — it's easy to attack them for being frightened of government. imp...