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If the BBC can’t uphold impartiality, it doesn’t deserve public funding

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09.11.2025

By Nigel Huddleston MP

The BBC is one of Britain’s great institutions.

It has informed, educated and entertained generations. Its global reputation, and the licence fee that sustains it, rest on a single promise – trust. Yet that trust is now hanging by a thread.

The latest revelations about bias inside the BBC are nothing short of alarming. According to reports in The Daily Telegraph, a leaked internal letter to the BBC Board accuses its Arabic Service of deliberately “minimising Israeli suffering,” “painting Israel as the aggressor,” and showing “a desire always to believe the worst about Israel.” It also suggests that the broadcaster gave “unjustifiable weight” to Hamas-issued casualty figures.

These........

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