""If they have made an editorial mistake, then they should apologise. "The BBC is probably chock-full of policies on what they should do when they make editorial mistakes and I think they should stick to it.""
""This is a matter for the BBC." He added, "It's clearly not for the Government to comment on any ongoing legal matters. The spokesman was asked if the government will help to pay towards any damages that a court could award the US President. He replied, "Obviously, that's a hypothetical question. "Again, it's not for the Government to comment on any ongoing legal matters. "Our position is clear: The BBC is independent and it's for the corporation to respond to questions about their editorial decisions and, more broadly, we have a close relationship with the US on shared priorities, including security.""
""If you look at the complaint he's got, the Panorama programme, he probably has legitimate claims to say, look, this was wrong and definitely requires and demands an apology. "So I would advise the BBC to grovel here.""
The government instructed the BBC to apologise to the US President for editing his January 6 speech after the corporation spliced clips together. The BBC faces a $1 billion lawsuit unless it retracts allegedly false and defamatory statements from a Panorama documentary by the President's deadline. Local government minister Alison McGovern said the BBC should apologise if an editorial mistake occurred and follow its editorial policies. A Number 10 spokesman said the matter is for the BBC, declined to comment on ongoing legal matters, and reiterated the BBC's independence and close UK–US relations on shared priorities. Shadow culture secretary Nigel Huddleston urged the BBC to apologise and 'grovel.'
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