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This government is intent on hobbling a great British institution for its own short-term political gain, says NUJ leader MICHELLE STANISTREET
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries

NADINE DORRIES was already a fully paid-up member of the BBC-bashing squad when she was appointed as culture secretary by the Prime Minister.

It wasn’t just at the BBC where the almond coffee latte cups were hitting the floor when her appointment was announced. 

Dorries, an enthusiastic Brexiteer and Johnson loyalist, must have been equally surprised at her promotion and despite her much-vaunted Liverpool working-class background, one suspects her beverage of choice isn’t builders’ tea, despite her jibe.

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