He may not get the deal in February and referendum next summer that he’s pushing for. But if he does, Party management will be deeply problematic.
Here’s a case for and a case against.
Insisting that they back Remain or lose their jobs would be wrong – and it looks increasingly risky, too.
A pluralist model including other providers would allow all of us to learn what public service broadcasting really is.
Many eyes are on the Mayor of London, but more should be on the Home Secretary – as the only holder of a great office of state who may yet back Leave.
Boris has recovered from his worst-ever showing last month, but this is still his second-worst-ever.
The Culture Secretary has been one of its most scathing critics. Rather than defend it now, he should embrace Gove’s calls for change.
The Prime Minister’s success springs from a preference, new to Westminster, for Cabinet ministers who actually know about their departments.
He’s had a bad week with the Chancellor taking the proverbials out of him and then Mrs May ragging him over the purchase of his antiquated German water cannon.
They could at once increase viewer engagement, diminish the Corporation’s monopoly power, and reduce political involvement in its funding.
Plus: Zac Goldsmith tells me that he won’t stand in a by-election if the Heathrow decision fails to go his way.
Could it be that she has done Cameron a favour by helping to avert a relaxation of the hunting ban?
As a coercively-funded state organ of enormous influence and reach, political oversight of the Corporation is both just and necessary.
Here are The Freedom Association’s recommendations to John Whittingdale to secure the future of the Corporation.