It's great. Unfortunately, the Conservative party utterly hate the BBC and public service broadcasting, and have done a deal with Rupert Murdoch's publishing and broadcasting empire: support the Tories in the upcoming election and we'll reduce the BBC to a pathetic shadow of its former self.
Russell T Davies (of Who mastery) defends the BBC passionately, here.
"To them it's a tax and they want to get rid of it."
"They'll freeze the licence fee and persuade Daily Mail readers it's the right thing to do by saying they're getting rid of all those digital channels they don't watch, that's the language they'll use."
"I think politicians only experience broadcasting through their own prism, through the Today programme and through the interviews they do. They don't sit down and watch Coronation Street or EastEnders."
"I'll come back and fight them at the barricades. I feel a bit like Alan Bennett, who said his favourite things about Britain were the BBC and the NHS."
If you vote Tory: no more Doctor Who (or semi-objective news, current affairs, documentaries, non-toy advertising children's television etc. etc. etc.). Just Fox, stamping on your face for ever.
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