He does not accept that Tory peers exert a suprerior influence on the bodies, adding that the appointment of Lord Hunt, a Tory peer, was not a political one.
Hunt, who only entered the House of Commons in 2005, was active in the appointment of the Tories' preferred candidate, Chris Patten, to the BBC Trust chair and will soon be receiving from him a review of BBC governance.
The Tory MP says his concerns have been vindicated in part by the government's appointment of a anti-corruption tsar – Sir Eric Pickles – to tackle the problem.
Appointment of a council for interred refugees.
Many Tories are saying that it will take the appointment of an outsider, possibly Sir Hugh Orde from Northern Ireland, who started his career at the Met, to repair the damage.
State your appointment of an executor.
One senior Tory source, quoted in the Guardian, said they regarded the appointment of such a left-winger as a "grade-A BBC stitch up".
The appointment of Mr Whittingdale, a stalwart of the Tory right, was the "stand-out surprise" in Mr Cameron's first Conservative-only government, adds the Times.
All of them had a Tory MP.
These were years of endless friction with the Thatcher government over reporting of Northern Ireland, the Falklands War and the bombing of Libya, and ended with the sacking of director general Alasdair Milne by BBC chairman Marmaduke Hussey, a Tory appointment.
