Video: Greg Dyke accuses Conservatives of trying to intimidate BBC ahead of general election Mr Dyke, now chairman of the Football Association, said that the Tories were "putting a marker down for the election" after party chairman Grant Shapps challenged the corporation to undertake dramatic changes in the wake of a series of scandals and accusations of bias. Responding on The Andrew Marr show on Sunday morning, Mr Dyke said: "Eighteen months from an election the government of the day, doesn't matter which government, decides to start pressurising the BBC and says if we win again 'we going to take away your money' - they all do it." The BBC's job is to resist.