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Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper crisis said BBC It provided an “opportunity” to “remove all political appointees.”
Cooper told BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, according to the PA news agency.
We Liberal Democrats do not think there should be any political appointments and would like to see legislation that would bring back the independent appointment process for the BBC board.
St Albans The MP added:
I think this crisis at the BBC provides us with an opportunity to clean up the BBC and make sure we can maintain its independence in the future.
When you look at independent editorial decisions on particular stories, I have no doubt that the BBC has been quite sloppy in many cases and has been too slow to correct them.
But I think ultimately this is an opportunity, this is a crisis, and the way we can make the most of it to protect the BBC, to secure its future and to preserve its independence, is to make sure we can get rid of all the political appointees.
Trump says he has an obligation to sue BBC
Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the ongoing fallout. BBC like Donald Trump the publisher claimed to have “They defrauded the public” and its a “obligation” Taking legal action regarding the editing of a speech.
Director General Tim Davie He resigned Sunday following criticism over the editing of Trump’s speech before the attack. US Capitol In an issue dated January 6, 2021 Panorama It was released last year just before the 2024 presidential election.
US President reiterates threat Legal action worth $1 billion is being initiated during an interview on Fox News. He said:
I think I have an obligation to do this, you can’t let people do this.
I guess I have to. They defrauded the public and admitted it. This is inside one of our great allies, supposedly our great ally. [the UK].
It’s a pretty sad event. They changed my January 6 speech, which was actually a very nice, very calming speech, and turned it into a radical speech.
In the edit, Trump is alleged to have said the following to the crowd:
We’ll march to the Capitol, I’ll be there with you, and we’ll fight. We fight like crazy.
The quotes were taken from parts of his speech almost an hour apart.
Legal letter from Trump’s lawyer Alejandro BritoHe requested:False, defamatory, derogatory and provocative statementsAny remarks made about Trump should be retracted immediately.
The letter states that if the BBC “fail[s]to comply” the president “will have no choice but to exercise his legal and equitable rights, all of which are expressly reserved and not waived, including an action for damages of not less than $1,000,000,000.”
