[lapser]

What's really interesting is how cheap it is being sold for. The current figure being given is "around" £1 billion, which seems like low ball offer for the third biggest broadcasting company in the UK.

[deadbunny]

That's what the Tories do. Sell the country's silverware at a discount to their mates. See British Gas, British Telecom, The Royal Mail, orth Sea drilling rights etc...

[kalleboo]

My experiences are mostly from other countries but it seems whenever the government sells something off it's always sold way under value...

[shapefrog]

Isnt this how oligarchs are created - buying state owned assets at massively knocked down prices from their friends in government?

If you donate 20k to the party you can have yourself a multi billion pound media empire and a knighthood all of your own.

[colourgarden]

See Evgeny Lebedev. I imagine the odds on him being the successful bidder for Channel 4 are extremely slim.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Lebedev