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Umzamo wamathelevishini wokuphila lapho izinkundla zokuqukethwe zilawula ingxenye enhle yemakethe zibaphoqa ukuthi benze izinqumo ezinkulu ukuze bakwazi ukuzivumelanisa nezikhathi ezintsha. E-United Kingdom, ngokwesibonelo, kwethulwe ukugcinwa kwangasese kweChannel 4, njengoba ngokusho kukahulumeni, njengempahla yayo, "isalela emuva" uma kukhulunywa ngokuncintisana "nemidondoshiya efana neNetflix ne-Amazon", ngamagama ka-Nadine Dorries, uNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko. Ngokusho kukaDorries, "ushintsho lobunikazi luzonikeza i-Channel 4 amathuluzi nenkululeko yokuchuma nokuchuma njengomsakazi wenkonzo yomphakathi esikhathini esizayo", futhi ukuthengiswa kwayo, okufanele kuvunyelwane ngayo ekuqaleni kuka-2024, kungafinyelela kumaphawundi ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane. (cishe ama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1200).
Kodwa-ke, inethiwekhi ayizange ibonakale ijabule ngalesi sinqumo, njengoba umkhulumeli ethe "kuyadumaza ukuthi isimemezelo senziwe ngaphandle kokuvuma ngokusemthethweni ukukhathazeka okubalulekile komphakathi okuveziwe" futhi waxwayisa ngokuthi "isiphakamiso sePrivatization zidinga inqubo ende yomthetho kanye nenkulumompikiswano yezepolitiki. " Eqeqebeni leLabour basola amaTories “ngobuxhwanguxhwangu”. "Ukuthengisa iChannel 4, okungakubizi ngisho indibilishi ukuthi unikele ngayo, kulokho okungenzeka kube inkampani yangaphandle, kuwubuxhwanguxhwangu bamasiko," kusho uLucy Powell, umqondisi weSiko kuleli qembu, ekhuluma ngokuthi iThe Isiteshi, nakuba singaphansi kukahulumeni, asiyitholi imali yomphakathi njengoba kwenzeka kwi-BBC, futhi ngaphezu kuka-90% wemali engenayo ivela ekukhangiseni. Eyethulwe ngo-1982, itshala yonke inzuzo yayo ekuthuthukiseni izinhlelo ezintsha, ezenza inkontileka nabakhiqizi abazimele.
Ukudayiswa kuphinde kwagxekwa ngaphakathi kuhulumeni, njengoba kwenzeka kuJeremy Hunt, oqinisekise iSky News ukuthi akahambisani naye “ngoba ngicabanga ukuthi, njengoba kunjalo, iChannel 4 inikeza ukuncintisana neBBC kulokho. Kwaziwa njengokusakazwa kwenkonzo yomphakathi, uhlobo lwezinhlelo ezingakwazi ukuhweba, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kungaba ihlazo ukulahlekelwa yilokho." Ngaphezu kwalokho, bekuyilungu lePhalamende le-Conservative uJulian Knight, owabuza ku-akhawunti yakhe ye-Twitter ukuthi ngabe lesi sinqumo siziphindiselela kuNdunankulu u-Boris Johnson: "Ingabe lokhu kwenziwa ukuziphindiselela ngokubika kweChannel 4 ngezinkinga ezifana neBrexit kanye nokuhlaselwa komuntu siqu. undunankulu?
Kusukela ku-Executive bavikela, nokho, ukuthi lolu chungechunge luzoqhubeka luyinkonzo yomphakathi nokuthi uhulumeni uzoqinisekisa ukuthi "uyaqhubeka nokwenza umnikelo obalulekile wezenhlalakahle, wezomnotho namasiko e-United Kingdom". "Kunemikhawulo eza nobunikazi bomphakathi, futhi umnikazi omusha anganikeza ukufinyelela nezinzuzo, okubandakanya ukufinyelela emalini, ukubambisana kwamasu kanye nezimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe," kuchaza uhulumeni ngesikhathi ethula ukubonisana ngalesi sinyathelo ngoJulayi ngonyaka odlule. uqhube wathi "ukutshalwa kwezimali kwangasese kungasho okuqukethwe okwengeziwe nemisebenzi eyengeziwe."
Ukwenziwa kwangasese kwengidi, ngokwephephandaba i-Times, kumele ukuthengiswa okukhulu kakhulu komsebenzi wombuso weRoyal Mail ngo-2013, okuvame ukufakwa kuMthetho Wezindaba olandelayo, ovame ukufakwa ePhalamende.
