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Sue Perkins threatens to kiss Cultural Secretary into ‘horrific submission’ over BBC cuts
Sue Perkins has threatened to kiss John Whittingdale, the UK’s Culture Secretary, into submission to save the BBC from budget cuts.
The gay Great British Bake-Off presenter and the Conservative MP had a debate during a dinner at the Edinburgh International Television Festival this week, according to the Guardian.
‘I’m a passionate person, there’s a lot going on underneath my carousel of blazers, a cauldron of sensitivity and emotion,’ Perkins, who attended the dinner with her partner Anna Richardson, told the Guardian.
‘I went to this dinner and John was opposite and I took my opportunity, albeit after one or two glasses of wine, to engage with him about the Government and the BBC.’
She described the debate as a ‘well-intentioned but pretty fiery exchange’, lasting until the other guests had cleared their plates and the sparring pair had ‘bored the living daylights out of everyone else at the table’.
‘I said you will take my points on board,’ Perkins continued.
‘Otherwise I will kiss you into an horrific submission and with that he shut up sharpish.’
Whittingdale later called Perkins ‘a feisty lady’, saying he enjoyed talking to her and hoped there would be the opportunity to continue the discussion.
The BBC is facing a 20% funding cut, following the decision that the broadcaster has to pay the license fees for over 75s, and a review in light of the renewal of its royal charter.
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