Re: [Swprograms] Does the BBC World Service fail Britain?

[Mike Barraclough <softbulletin1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Why has this letter from one individual reader of the right wing press any particular significance?

It's in response to this:

Sir – The BBC has withdrawn the World Service from most European countries, including France, where many thousands of Britons live.

How does the BBC reconcile making an overseas service more readily available to Britons who are not overseas, as it has done, while withdrawing it from Britons who really are overseas?

Philip Perkins, Ramsbury, Wiltshire 

The BBC World Service never was a service for ex-patriates who don't pay for it. And of course it hasn't withdrawn it, it's available on several platforms. Mr. Perkins also ignores the fact that BBC World Service does broadcast in languages other than English.

But never let facts get in the way of a letter to the Telegraph, just ignore them, they'll print anything that fits their agenda.

And while you're about it just throw in words like British repeatedly, mention the Commonwealth and have a dig at the Labour government like Mr Durrant has done, then it's bound to get published.

Mike







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