DON’T DO AS I DO DO AS I SAY : THE GOVERNMENT has announced a wholesale review of the BBC, with the presumed intention of demolishing it.
This will make it easier to demolish the NHS, the judiciary, the state school system, well, pretty much everything that in anyway provides some measure of ‘levelling up’, regardless of wealth at birth.
“It’s straight out of the ‘people who voted for the face eating leopards party surprised when leopards start eating their faces’ universe,” our ‘source’ inside 10 Downing Street, Mr Penny Drop, said, “and what’s best is that it’s not a parallel universe, it’s this one right here.”
It’s believed part of the problem with the BBC is its mission statement,
“to act in the public interest, serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.”
“Clearly we’ve gone a long way to doing away with the public interest and impartiality issues,” the source continues, “by riddling the management chains of the news departments with hand picked place people. Oh and by endlessly platforming spokespeople from opaquely funded ‘think tanks’ who come on to normalise all sorts of historical amnesia. And of course, let’s not forget to doff our caps to the wonderful work achieved in establishing Nigel Farage as the political light house of the United Kingdom.”
All well and good, so what’s the problem now?
“Rich people can’t profit off the BBC. That’s one big issue. Publicly owned assets are a real slap in the face to the born to rule set. I mean, just imagine a pleb accessing the same content as yourself, for the same price? No good at all. It’s why we had to end Freedom of Movement for Britons on the continent of Europe. Now we have to end access to services which inform, educate and entertain. A subscription business model is the best way forward. Just look at the eye watering amount of debt that Netflix has to service! I look forward to earning a pretty bit of interest once the BBC is organised on similar fiscal grounds.”
This sounds like a great leap forwards.
“Yes. And what is particularly appealing, personally, is the stated aim of elected members of parliament to ban BBC stars from lucrative second incomes.”
But it’s well known that many MPs use the leverage provided by their public profiles to earn numerous lucrative additional income streams.
“Don’t forget the £50 you can claim for breakfast! Touchingly grotesque in a country reorganising its food provision along the lines of food banks.”
Quite. But what if BBC stars complain about the nobbling of their incomes? What are they supposed to do then?
“It’s obvious. Become Members of Parliament. Then you can just roll about in additional income streams to your hearts content.”
Don’t do as they do, do as they say, and that goes for the lot of ya! Not just the BBC. Nice work if you can get it…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31619780
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/data-lobo-mp-earnings-salaries-1-6405233