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A Tory peer tipped as a contender to be the new BBC chairman has said the corporation needs to 'focus' on Conservative voters who feel the BBC is 'not representing them' in the way they 'deserve'.
Tina Stowell said rather than focusing on what politicians are saying, the broadcaster needs to prioritise 'people who walk into the polling booths and put a cross in the box'.
Speaking at the Voice of the Listener & Viewer spring conference, the former Leader of the House of Lords also denied that the Government is 'hostile' to the BBC.
Baroness Stowell, who is currently chair of the House of Lords' Communications and Digital Committee, is one of the early names linked with the BBC chairman job, following Richard Sharp's resignation.
The peer, who worked at the BBC for a number of years, including as head of corporate affairs, told the event: 'I don't think there's anybody in Government who is hostile to the BBC… I genuinely don't think the
