He’s on the board now!

2/2 The lobby will hunt down & amplify any mistakes such as a Panorama edit & force accountable organisations to admit & apologise. But when the lobby fabricates wider “lessons” from such mistakes, and when they tell outright lies, they can shrug off the criticism - because they are unaccountable.

3/3 Whether it turns out to be victory in one battle or of the culture war as a whole depends on the government’s resolve. Nandy faces a struggle that will be pivotal for democracy in this country and significant for the wider world. Will she allow the BBC to become a far right propaganda platform?

2/3 An edit in a single documentary that changed the detail but not the substance of Trump’s election-overthrow speech gave them new, powerful allies who could do real damage to the BBC in the USA. They’ve secured a victory.

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I really hope you’re right Alan, and she can engineer a more impartial DG.

The DG is selected by the board …

I know what you mean but I like visiting National Trust properties and knowing about their histories. What concerns me more is the right wing private company Restore Trust’s attempt to stop us knowing.

3. Confidence that its Tory-packed board can select a successor even more amenable to right wing propaganda than Davie has been.

You can certainly make such a case. I’d counter that there’s little to distinguish such developments as the genesis of an imperial formation but we can agree to differ!