2 July 2025, 07:04 | Updated: 2 July 2025, 09:48

By Nadine Dorries

In 1922, Lord Reith established the BBC and became its first Director General. His vision was noble, to ‘inform, educate and entertain,’ and they became known as the Reithian Principles.

Those principles were the cornerstone of the corporation’s public service mission. They are principles which to this day, the BBC claims to uphold, but nothing could be further from the truth.

It is impossible to believe that the BBC today is an organisation Lord Reith would be proud of having founded or that he could have foreseen a day when the organisation condoned hateful, antisemitic content inciting violence which is exactly what happened when BBC executives took the decision to livestream the Bob Vylan set at Glastonbury. Far from enlightening, educating or entertaining, in taking that decision the BBC chose to join conspiracy-theory social media sites in a race to the gutter in a desperate attempt to increase viewing figures.

There are things the BBC does well and we should give praise where it’s due. It was once a global beacon for high quality broadcasting. Sadly an image which has now been tarnished beyond repair.

I don’t believe any of us know anyone under 30 who will sit down with a remote control in their hand and select the BBC as their source of entertainment or news. This is evident........

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