The British government are doing what any sensible government would do.
Cutting an out of control organisation down to size, and insisting the BBC be a public service broadcaster in the public interest, not an activist broadcaster in the Socialist Green Left interest. Of course, those with their snouts in the public trough are squealing… Bring it on in OZ!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11734611/BBC-director-general-vows-to-fight-cuts.html