If you think the big reason Conservatives hate the BBC is because they can& #39;t profit from it, you& #39;re hugely mistaken

Of course, there are some juicy assets to carve up & sell at a discount to their friends & family there, but that& #39;s not what drives Tory hatred

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The reason they loathe the BBC is because it stands as a bulwark against the essence of their ideology

Whether news or drama, every show the BBC produces shares the same basic principles

Racism: bad
Poverty: bad
Hate: bad
Caring: good
Society: good
Facts: good
..and so on

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But worst of all it& #39;s popular.

It& #39;s seen as jewel in the national crown, not only by most at home, but globally, & thus very difficult to destroy

In recent decades, foreign billionaire press barons have combined their muscle with secretly funded right wing lobby groups..

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..to undermine the BBC at every opportunity. In the so-called & #39;culture wars& #39; (an invention of the right), the BBC clinging to its core virtues of fairness, & decency seems increasingly progressive, but that& #39;s largely because the right wing& #39;s been dragged so far to the extreme
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To allow the BBC to be defunded, decayed & ultimately destroyed by right wing ideologues is to finally submit to a society based on callousness & selfishness, and an end to what we have claimed for generations to be true British values.

We must fight for it.

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