It's funny, the activist seems to think the deletion is about appeasing political masters, but in doing this, they actually lend credibility to the opposite poi

It's funny, the activist seems to think the deletion is about appeasing political masters, but in doing this, they actually lend credibility to the opposite point: Just leaving the pages in places is unlikely to cost the BBC a lot. Is it possible that the BBC is cutting in the most visible way possible, in order to make the cuts seem much more extensive and painful than they actually are in order to scare the government away from further cuts?