Dacre has said that he “would die in a ditch defending it as a great civilising force”, and Moore grasps the Corporation’s original Reithian mission.
Clashes over Black Lives Matter or Extinction Rebellion are noisy, nasty – and, by definition, impossible for Johnson to keep out of.
Our tradition has never been the pomp and exuberance of Bastille Day or the Fourth of July. But we must do more to bring this country together.
Plus: Russia’s opposition leader was poisoned, so now slap Magnitsky sanctions on Putin. And: Phil Collins’ ungracious departure.
We should be able to choose whether we support the BBC with our wallets – the economic case for licence fees has evaporated.
The coronavirus press conferences gave us a glimpse of what a government agenda built around one-upping the evening news will look like.
Plus: On Last Night of the Proms, I get in touch with my inner Farage. And: On Brexit, it’s crunch time as the end of transition approaches.
Plus: Any Questions, Cross Question, why Williamson and Gibb should go – and why Johnson’s masks policy isn’t a U-turn.
Anyone else would have known that vandalising the Last Night of the Proms would provoke a furious reaction.
Each time rioting is ignored by the police, we move one stop closer to allowing a tyrannical Twitter-dwelling minority to become very powerful indeed.
The Prime Minister sets out his views on the BBC’s decision to play an orchestral version of Rule Britannia at the Proms.
We reproduce without further comment Sarah Connolly’s admiral-attired rendition from 2009.
The Corporation has lost its grip on its Reithian inheritance – which, for all his criticism of the BBC, the former Telegraph editor understands.
The outgoing Director General will struggle to sell the Corporation as the ‘voice of the nation’ if it develops an allergy to patriotism.
We must demonstrate that we are able to protect the values that people cherish, and provide the means through which their lives can be improved.