Everyday thoughts, but not every day

Slovak not Slovakian

BBC headline: Slovakia's populist government to replace public broadcaster, with photo of Martina Šimkovičová at a podium, below
The British government was lenient towards the BBC because it was lacking babes. I'm referring to the one in the centre, above, not the hunks flanking her.

Having accused it of political activism and a lack of objectivity in its reporting, the Slovak government plans to abolish the nation's public broadcaster, Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (RTVS), and replace it with a new body, Slovenská televízia a rozhlas (STVR). Quite the creative name change there, with no possibility for confusion. (rolleyes)

According to Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová: returning the adjective Slovak to the name…is a declaration of the unequivocal national and state-forming nature of our public broadcaster. Oh dear. There must've been reasons other than deep thinking behind her selection for the role of culture minister, because she doesn't seem to have thought this one through.

After all, having British in its name doesn't seem to have halted the agenda-driven reporting of the world's most trusted international news broadcaster™.

The politburo members at the People's Republic of Portland Place should be grateful for only having lost the authority to extort the British public for its manky, woke old rope. And they can thank Nadine Dorries, for not being as babelicious as Martina Šimkovičová. (pipe)