Slovak not Slovakian
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
. 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.Slovak
to the name…is a declaration of the unequivocal national and state-forming nature of our public broadcaster
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)