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Many critics, including Nigel Farage, have called for drastically downsizing the BBC or even replacing its funding model altogether. Little reflected that the sheer scale of the organization—employing 20,000 staff—has become unwieldy and disconnected from its core audience. He advocated for a more transparent, possibly subscription-based, model that could strip away some of the ideological baggage and restore credibility.
He also emphasized the need for honesty about the biases of its employees. Little argued that overtly allowing staff to state their opinions, including political ones, would reveal just how skewed the BBC's coverage has become—potentially fostering internal pressure to diversify viewpoints.