BBC bias laid bare

WHEN he took over as BBC directorgeneral two years ago, Tim Davie was on a mission to restore battered trust in the corporation’s impartiality.

in his inaugural speech, he told staff: ‘if you want to be an opinionated columnist or a partisan campaigner on social media then that is a valid choice. But you should not be working at the BBC.’

How quickly that reforming zeal has evaporated. like his predecessors, Mr Davie has become indoctrinated into the BBC’s complacent liberal-left culture.

Before a Parliamentary committee, he defended both the ‘comedian’ Joe lycett, who mocked new PM liz Truss on a flagship news programme, and football pundit Gary lineker, who routinely uses Twitter as a vehicle for his woke political views.

By condoning their actions, Mr Davie sends out a message to all employees that fairness and balance don’t matter. As long as you’re anti-Tory, you can say what you like.

if this was a private company, fine. People could decide whether to subscribe. But this is our national broadcaster, funded by the equivalent of a compulsory poll tax.

it is obliged by charter to be even-handed. Sadly, it’s little more than an anti-Tory echo chamber.