tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post5521413957055047664..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: A move in the gameA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-49159556040072568152015-05-20T19:03:13.693+01:002015-05-20T19:03:13.693+01:00Woodsy - I hardly watch any BBC output but I'v...Woodsy - I hardly watch any BBC output but I've seen a glimpse or two while checking the weather forecast.<br /><br />Roger - it is intriguing. At long last BBC funding looks outdated and shaky even to the casual observer. I hope.<br /><br />Demetrius - or as Johnson said.<br /><br />“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.”<br /><br /> <br />A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-9764405209236122942015-05-20T16:59:22.774+01:002015-05-20T16:59:22.774+01:00It is 18 years since the BBC had to deal with a fu...It is 18 years since the BBC had to deal with a full Tory government, and Major wasn't that much of a Tory. Now it has to learn new tricks if it is to be given the bones it needs. And they need to be fast learners.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-40073844656512913702015-05-20T08:19:21.006+01:002015-05-20T08:19:21.006+01:00Intriguing to see how the EU and BBC funding games...Intriguing to see how the EU and BBC funding games turn out. There is one bloated overpaid bureaucracy (Parliament) trying to bash another bloated overpaid bureaucracy (the BBC). Which needs the axe more?<br /><br />Then there is the licence fee. Sensible people might put it on general taxation but that would spoil a top class boondoggle and business opportunity - which means directorships, advisory boards and endless reports and reviews. Simon Cowell running Radio 3 - what joy. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-64420826149973023212015-05-19T21:40:22.560+01:002015-05-19T21:40:22.560+01:00Have you not noticed how already the BBC is obsess...Have you not noticed how already the BBC is obsessed with the Labour party's failings? You can't miss it - every buletin, comment and politics show.<br />This morning even Yvette Cooper got a harsh interview on Woman's Hour! (OK, she wasn't Brilloed, but it wasn't quite the cozy self-congratulationary chat one normally expects).Woodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.com