England's Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has said the BBC has a problem with “groupthink” and needs saving from itself.
Ms Dorries, who froze the BBC licence fee in January, likened the broadcaster to a “polar bear on a shrinking ice cap”.
Speaking to the Sunday Times, she said: “There is a problem with groupthink within the BBC, and I don’t think those people think they are left or they are right.