The Tories v the institutions
After 13 years, the Conservatives still have no idea how to reform Britain’s institutions
From the perspective of the typical Conservative mp, Richard Sharp was a perfect choice as chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation (bbc). A former Goldman Sachs banker and committed Brexiteer, Mr Sharp thought the bbc had a “liberal bias”. Mr Sharp was a Tory donor, close to both Boris Johnson, the former prime minister, and Rishi Sunak, the current one. Unfortunately, Mr Sharp was too close to Mr Johnson: he resigned on April 28th for failing to properly declare he had tried to arrange a meeting between the cabinet secretary and a businessman who had offered to financially support the former prime minister.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Long farce through the institutions”
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