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Lord Robathan (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 28 November 2024

Debate

BBC: Impartiality

Contribution

My Lords, at George Alagiah’s memorial service, in his excellent address Tim Davie said that George was the best of the best because he gave the facts of the news rather than his opinions about it. That was a fairly barbed comment. When will people like me who do not want to subsidise the opinions of commentators be allowed to stop paying the licence fee?

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