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Title: Cross-party fight?
Post by Administrator on May 7^th, 2016, 8:04pm

"The Guardian" reports that there is cross-party support to oppose changes to BBC funding.

"The Observer has learned....that at least 20 Tories in both houses of parliament are ready to oppose the recommendations, which they see as an assault on the BBC’s editorial independence, creative freedoms and ability to run its own affairs.

-----One Tory backbencher spoke of his concern that Whittingdale’s vision of a scaled-back and stringently monitored BBC will play badly in the party’s heartlands. “Any government plan that appears to be anti-BBC, and above all to question its independence, would not go down well with a significant number of Tory MPs. Who are the people who listen to The Archers, watch Strictly and listen to the Today programme? In large part, they are Tory voters,” he said."

The report is here.