“Most” of you here would constitute a tiny minority out in the real world where the kind of views I hold are in the mainstream.

The term “far right” means different things to different people. It depends where your own views fall on the spectrum. It certainly is not just anyone the left doesn’t like. The left don’t like the Tories. Any and all of them. They don’t much care for the Liberals either. You could not describe Jeremy Hunt, Ken Clarke or Michael Heseltine as far right but some would describe Suella Braverman and John Redmond that way.

Fringe parties, of the left or the right, are never going to hold power in the UK. The best they can hope for is to be needed as part of a coalition and exert some influence as a consequence. We are by nature a moderate people, with common values and expectations.

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I find I watch it less and less. They just don't have stuff I want most of the time now - which is quite funny as I like documentaries and history, even liked things like that ex MP on a train - but most of the quaint kind of stuff I like seems to have gone. Plus they barely bother with the snooker, cricket and darts. I used to love an old five day test on BBC 2. Even the proper Top Gear was watchable. But alas, that seems like yesteryear. Regardless of political bias, I rarely watch it now but used to until recently enough. Is it just my perception of does it have little for people like me now?

Red and Blue Army!

The BBC doesn’t claim neutrality! It is bound by its Charter to be neutral. If you believe it is failing to observe its responsibilities then I feel sure there are ways for you to make your views known to the Board. They though are obviously satisfied that balance is being maintained and I agree, as I believe most people do. Only those on the fringes of political views, both left and right, believe the BBC is biased against them.

It doesn’t believe Reform to be far right! It accepts that was a mistake and apologised.

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Is that not though the result of the changes to the way programs are delivered? There’s so much more choice these days. Sky has captured cricket and most football so you no longer can watch it live for the cost of the licence. Netflix and all the other streaming services take a goodly share, alongside YouTube.

Alongside that is this. We spend much more of our time online these days than watching TV. I too watch far less and when I do it’s rarely live, but via the iPlayer.

So the BBC must adapt to its new environment or perish. I think it is trying hard to do just that.

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I think they apply it a little too keenly.
It's all about proportion. They don't represent a true picture of Britain.

Previously, on the 'wicked-tories' thread, you asked for details of how taxes could be cut. Along with the number of ways that I listed, I should have included scrapping the TV Licence fee, which would save £3.8 billion a year.