But it is another example of cut off your nose to spite your face. For all its faults the BBC is generally venerated and loved, not only in the UK but worldwide. The influence of the BBC commercially cannot be measured – but it is still keeping our country at the forefront of peoples minds despite the efforts to diminish our influence via Brexit.
Putting it in commercial hands would come with huge risks. Take over by foreign media magnates might be welcomed by the tories as long as it is Murdoch – but there are many billionaires around the world who would welcome the opportunity to influence the politics and economics of this country. Also weigh up the cost of the BBC against Netflix, Amazon TV, Apple TV, and see what we get for our licence fee – good value (not always great – but definitely good to very good).
So having destroyed the railways, water provision, energy provision is in chaos, and NHS they are now after the BBC. Councils across the UK are in danger of bankruptcy and failing to provide basic services without massive rises in Council Tax. And still they spend tens of billions on outdated nuclear weapons that only the rapid anarchists like Sleaze-Dogg and Priti awfulPatel want.