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REPORTS that the BBC plans a purge of “left-wing” satire shows are worthy of satire themselves, film director Ken Loach said today.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the new BBC director-general Tim Davie has plans to purge the corporation of alleged left-wing bias, especially in comedy shows.
Mr Davie, a former deputy chair of Hammersmith & Fulham Conservative Party and councillor, is said to be keen to redress what he sees as bias against the Tories, Donald Trump and Brexit as part of plans to restore “trust and confidence” in the BBC.
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
