Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Spotting Tory political pressure on the BBC, no.223</p><p>You'll recall, when the Beeb decided not to recommission Mock the Week, they came up with some story that it was not offended Tories who'd 'encouraged' them to bin it off, but the fact that it was a tired format losing viewers.....</p><p>so odd that they are now regularly showing repeats of old editions; almost like they were still popular, isn't it.... and their explanations were just a smoke screen for their Tory chums.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MockTheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MockTheWeek</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>