Protect BBC’s independence in case of Farage government, ex-news head urges

Published on August 20, 2025 at 06:00 PM
Protect BBC’s independence in case of Farage government, ex-news head urges

James Harding says it is ‘recklessly complacent’ to assume Trump-style attacks on media could never happen in UK

The BBC must be given complete political independence in case Nigel Farage enters government, its former director of news has said.

James Harding, now the editor-in-chief of the Observer, pointed to Donald Trump’s attempts to defund publicly backed US media and said it would be “recklessly complacent” to believe something similar could not happen in Britain.

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