Hi Mr Batten,
I applaud your policy of removing the BBC telly tax and replacing the service with a voluntary subscription. Long overdue.
However in your policy, you say, “The BBC World Service could be retained under Government control”
As the company’s commercial arm, the BBC World Service Ltd has now merged with their newly created commercial arm, BBC Studios Ltd, would it be better if governments have no say whatsoever?
If people sense the government are back to their old propaganda tricks with the BBC, they’ll simply stop their subscription, like they do with other subscription services. Let the BBC live or die on their subscriptions and remove government control from all media.