'How Patriotic': Tories Slammed For Saying BBC Should 'Grovel' To Donald Trump

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/6913079115000031689c2d66.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="President Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion." data-caption="President Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />President Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>A <a href="news/conservative" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tory</a> frontbencher has been criticised online after he called on <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/bbc/">the BBC</a> to “grovel” to <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/donald-trump/">Donald Trump</a> to prevent him suing the corporation for $1 billion.</p><p>Lawyers for the US president <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald-trump-preparing-to-sue-bbc-over-panorama-speech-row_uk_6911ed37e4b03f26059c9089">issued the legal threat </a>following <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bbc-boss-tim-davie-resigns-over-anti-donald-trump-bias-row_uk_6910da18e4b05694e6ae3dda">the resignation of two BBC executives</a> over claims Panorama “doctored” footage of a speech Trump made to his supporters before the Capitol riots on January 6, 2020.</p><p>They want <a role="link" href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/bbc/" data-vars-item-name="the BBC" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="6912dbbee4b0d0f8e6cdfd2e" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="/news/bbc/" data-vars-target-content-type="feed" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-n