The UK Needs the BBC More Than Ever

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00:00Britain's elite establishment is rapidly sinking.

00:03And now another trusted institution has plunged into chaos.

00:07In the last ten years, the UK has burned through six Prime Ministers and seven Chancellors

00:11of the Exchequer.

00:12The Church of England has been plagued by allegations of abuse against children and

00:17an institutional cover-up.

00:19The Royal Family is tainted by the Epstein Scandal.

00:22Trust in our biggest banks was shattered by the 2008 crash and has never fully recovered.

00:27And the economic dishonesty that fuelled Brexit has only caused more damage.

00:31As we search for meaning in all this, we look to the BBC and find it mired in allegations

00:36of bias.

00:37The threat is existential.

00:39Donald Trump is saying he will sue for a billion dollars.

00:42Now I really want to talk about that last example.

00:45The roots of these institutional failures are different, but they're kind of connected.

00:49The Silicon Valley trolls exploiting division via social media, a lack of trust and funding

00:54in journalism, and a political class too often disconnected from the people they claim to

00:58serve.

00:59That means we need the BBC more than ever.

01:01As anyone who's spent time here knows, it's more than just a broadcaster, it's a national

01:05treasure.

01:06And when it goes wrong, well, everything feels wrong.

01:09The BBC needs to sort itself out and get back to its core values, truth, objectivity and the

01:16highest editorial standards.