Jake Wallis Simons

Jake Wallis Simons

The BBC has officially found the problem: It needs to be more leftwing

The broadcaster is making structural changes to fix it.

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Jake Wallis Simons
Nov 24, 2025
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Well, thank goodness for that. The BBC has decided to make some structural changes in response to the crisis of partiality that engulfed it earlier this month.

The charge, as you will remember, is that the broadcaster created fake footage of Donald Trump to make it wrongly appear as if he incited violence, not once but twice.

In addition, its coverage of the conflict in Gaza and Israel generally has been biased at best and a reflection of Hamas propaganda at worst, while its reporting on gay and trans stories has been placed in the hands of activists.

So what are those structural changes that are coming down the pike? I’ll explain, but in summary, the BBC is taking bold steps to ensure that it is even more leftwing than it is already. That’s right. That’s what they’re doing. Seriously.

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