DIRECTOR Ken Loach has accused the BBC of playing an “absolutely shameless” role in the “destruction” of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party.
In an interview with the Equal Times, the 86-year-old filmmaker spoke about the “propaganda role” of the media – taking specific aim at the public broadcaster.
The I, Daniel Blake director expressed issues with language used by the corporation during the 1984 miners’ strike, before telling the website: “The other significant event was the destruction of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership [of the Labour Party, from which Loach was expelled as a member in 2021 for his support of other expelled Corbyn supporters] and the BBC played a prime role in that – an absolutely shameless role – and now that whole political project, that nearly became the government three years ago, has been wiped out of the public discourse.”
