comment: >
  
  Parliament controls their funding, they're not directly controlled but when the government controls the purse you're never truly independent.
context: Thats the point. Its also what happens when you push people to their limit after years of austerity. >
  
  When did BBC become so anti-Union? >
  
  State media protects the state no matter how independent they claim to be >
  
  The BBC isn't state media.