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"Mr President, it is only right to inform the House and the European Investment Bank, whose accounts are under review this morning, that their 200 million euros’ worth of soft loans to the British Broadcasting Corporation – commonly nowadays known as the Brussels Broadcasting Corporation – are now the subject of a criminal investigation by the British police. The BBC faces a prima facie charge of breaching its Royal Charter, specifically in its failure to provide balanced and objective reporting of current affairs.
The EIB’s claims that the BBC’s editorial policy has not been influenced by these loans is simply beyond belief. As a result of many years’ research, not least by Lord Pearson – at his considerable expense – it has become obvious that the BBC has, in effect, been bought by the EIB on behalf of the EU. As a result of that, BBC senior management now seem to regard themselves as above the law. We shall see shortly whether Scotland Yard police agree."@en1
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