They still don’t get it. Read Guido’s Sun on Sunday column – free over on SunNation – to find out about this tight Tory MP’s £4.50 Remembrance Sunday expenses claim. Don’t miss out on:
- Why Chuka could be swapping a battle with Burnham for a fight with Putin
- Sandi Toksvig on Nick Clegg’s vagina
- Why at least someone in parliament is getting some work done
- Sol Campbell’s stark confession to Tory party hands
- Liz Kendall’s choice to be her new tax tsar? Someone who landed £1.5 million in shares from an offshore tax haven
- Why Tory critics see George Osborne’s Budget as “a Budget for hard working Poles”
You can read it all today, for free, without a paywall, only on SunNation…
As Guido revealed in this week’s Sun on Sunday:
“The BBC has announced 1,000 jobs are to go as part of a £150 million round of cuts. These job losses would cover just £50 million of the sum, however, leaving another £100 million awaiting Aunty’s axe.
Guido hears that the BBC’s little-watched 24-hour News Channel is in the firing line, with plans afoot to shift the operation online and stop broadcasting on telly. BBC bosses are waiting until this week’s budget before a final decision.”
A story which caused a certain degree of scepticism from the impeccably dis-connected Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport:
@montie You're really commenting on drivel like this? @GuidoFawkes
— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) July 5, 2015
That would be our double-sourced drivel from senior BBC sources. 48 hours later, Media Guardian confirms Guido’s Sun exclusive:
“The BBC is considering making its news channel online only following a similar cost-cutting move for its BBC3 TV channel, it has emerged.
Work had already started on assessing the impact of making the news channel online only before the government unveiled a surprise licence fee settlement on Monday… A final decision about the channel has yet to be made.”
As Guido explained, the Beeb has a £100 million spending black hole to fill. Media Guardian reports the News Channel’s overall costs are just over £100 million:
“In the last BBC annual report, it said the channel’s production costs were £26.8m, while its newsgathering costs were £21.2m. In addition, the news channel spent £48.7m on content, £8m on distribution and £9.5m on infrastructure/support in 2013/14 and taking it online only would prove cheaper for the BBC, which is looking to make savings.”
If Chris needs any further help with his brief, he knows where to come…
UPDATE: The Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Chris Bryant tweets:
Well well. My apologies to all concerned. @GuidoFawkes http://t.co/KPAIKsdOos https://t.co/BYHO4ECMEy
— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) July 7, 2015
Read Guido’s Sun on Sunday column this week to find out Michael Fallon’s plan to bomb ISIS, as told to the boozy Spectator summer party. Don’t miss out on:
- How the Defence Secretary can take out targets from the back of his armoured limo
- As Osborne plans a raid on the BBC, Guido hears its 24 hour news channel is in the firing line
- Why Osborne’s Budget is causing grumbles among Treasury ministers
- George Galloway security scare
- Labour snob Emily Thornberry strikes again, this time forgetting the words “Great British”
- Church of England tells employers they have a moral obligation to pay Living Wage, advertises for job on well less
- Why there was “record attendence” in parliament this week
You can read it all today, for free, without a paywall, only on SunNation…
Guido’s Sun on Sunday column is free to read, not behind a paywall, over on SunNation. Get the latest as the BBC issues a grovelling apology to Grant Shapps for its unbalanced election coverage. Don’t miss out on:
- Guido can reveal that Andy Burnham WILL lead Labour (onto the pitch)
- Has Sally Bercow been sent packing?
- The government has launched a major leak inquiry
- Dave’s disturbing “banter” with Tory MPs and Osborne’s BBQ schmooze fest
- Nicola Sturgeon condemns the cybernats, but which SNP MP didn’t get the memo?
You can read it all today, for free, without a paywall, only on SunNation…
Find out which senior Labour MP has been blasted as “two-faced” after claiming for funeral flowers on expenses in Guido’s Sun on Sunday exclusive this morning.
Don’t miss out on all the latest in Guido’s column, free to read and not behind a paywall:
- Charlotte Church protests about tax and austerity, but what do her accountants think?
- Nigel Farage in coke and hooker shock!
- EU ‘out’ campaign descends into open warfare as Farage slams the “posh boys”
- Which bitter MP’s wife has compared Cameron to Mugabe?
- Dominic Raab, the naughty step and a kiss on the cheek from the Prime Minister
- MPs’ Ascot anger
- Congratulations are in order for Luciana Berger
- From ‘Tories for Corbyn’ to ‘Corbyn for Tories’
You can read it all today, for free, without a paywall, only on SunNation…
In today’s Sun column Guido reveals the shocking price tag attached to fixing parliament. MPs will be presented with various price options on Thursday and already the backlash has begun. Also today:
- Read about Milband and Burnham’s cosy chinwag.
- Find out about the rocky history of the brains behind the #EdStone.
- What happened when Boris met Red Len.
- How is Two Jags coping without a driving licence?
- Find out who else MacShame upset in French the day he was sent down.
You can read it all today, for free, without a paywall, only on SunNation…
