Growing concerns over the BBC’s agenda

Isn’t it strange how differently we view politicians and events?

In my opinion Boris Johnson was the best Prime Minister this country has had since Harold Wilson.

It’s a great shame he didn’t battle on in the face of adversity.

He took on a very difficult job, having to make good the damage done by Theresa May and Philip Hammond, but he got stuck in, delivered Brexit, tackled the COVID pandemic with alacrity and has stood solidly with Ukraine, making me proud to be British!

Eventually he was brought down by the BBC and others who attacked him relentlessly from the day he was elected. We all know the BBC didn’t want Brexit. Their preening comments every day by presenters on Radio 4 and 5 and continuous interruptions on Question Time and The Andrew Marr Show became embarrassing to listen to.

I don’t think a Tory guest was ever allowed to complete a sentence and any contributor with something positive to say about our Prime Minister was cut off immediately.

After Boris Johnson, quite rightly, turned down an interview with Andrew Neil, then appeared on The Andrew Marr Show days later, it soon became obvious Marr was under instructions from those above.

He tore into him like a terrier, snapping at his heels and interrupting Boris with such frequency I thought I was watching a comedy sketch from a Spike Milligan show!

It was embarrassing to watch.

I’m afraid Andrew Marr lost all credibility as a serious political commentator after that performance.

For the BBC to claim they’re impartial would be hilarious if it wasn’t so sinister. Who are the BBC?

They don’t entertain us anymore and their shabby treatment of national treasures like Sir Cliff Richard and Princess Diana in the past will never be forgotten.

I’m 75 now and voted Conservative for the very first time because Boris was in place, and I’d hoped he’d hang in there, but eventually constituents started to believe the BBC negativity and MPs, fearful for their jobs, caved in and turned on their own Prime Minister instead of digging in and showing some loyalty.

Having witnessed this treachery in Parliament I’ve no desire to do it again, although I feel Liz Truss could do a good job for us.

For me, ‘Partygate’ was peripheral but the BBC and others seized on it, turning the molehill into a mountain and used it as a weapon against our government, day in, day out, week after week.

Let’s be frank, we all know neighbours who boozed in each other’s gardens during lockdown.

If it relieved their stress during difficult times, then good luck to them!

We are all human after all.

But until we get rid of the BBC as it is today and limit the powers of the trade unions, I’m afraid the Great before Britain will continue to have a hollow ring to it.

PAUL JAMES WESTMACOTT Harcourt Road

Dorney Reach