Broadly speaking everywhere the BBC did well the Tories took as reason to see them as impacting on free competition and commercial interests. There have been pe

Broadly speaking everywhere the BBC did well the Tories took as reason to see them as impacting on free competition and commercial interests. There have been periodic Tory calls to privatise them for decades. BBC online has been significantly limited twice, and BBC news more generally once (One relatively recent Tory change required the BBC to take on the costs of World Service that had always been Foreign Office until that point. Whilst editorially independent, the FO could ensure certain regions received output). It is quite sad, as there were many areas they were doing well in.