The Tory leader has written to Tim Davie demanding a “full independent inquiry” into how the now-pulled documentary ‘Gaza: How to Survive A Warzone’. She also calls for an inquiry to examine “wider allegations of systemic BBC bias against Israel”…
Kemi says the BBC’s initial defence of the documentary “shows problems run deep” including “repeated drawing of a false equivalence between Israel and Hamas; the seemingly endless revelations of bias and malpractice at BBC Arabic” and finishes with a threat: “I cannot see how my party could support the continuation of the current license fee-based system without serious action by the BBC management to prove the organisation is committed to true impartiality.” Manages to misspell licence there…
The BBC has suggested the doc will come back online after more due diligence is conducted. Doubt that…
Read Kemi’s full letter below:
Andy Haldane, Burnham’s recent adviser on the economy who has not taken up a No10 job, told Andrew Marr on LBC:
“The market now suspects that this is a traditional tax-and-spend socialist government with better TikTok videos…
imposing windfall taxes on oil & gas or on banks or upping capital gains tax would […] repeat the mistake that Rachel made […] The Achilles heel, the fiscal Achilles heel of this government thus far has been its unwillingness and/or inability to cut public spending.”