The king of spin.

Was there nothing you did as a youngster you are now ashamed of? If there was have you admitted it and apologised?

So true. It’s the same group of angry discontents relying on instinct and not on reason for their attitudes. Such people have always existed but today they just make more noise because of the internet.

I don’t want the BBC influenced by advertisers any more than I do by governments.

The problem with funding from general taxation is that it gives too much direct power to a government who is upset at its treatment. Which is just about all of them. It could be done but would need to be ring fenced in a way than ensures continuity with the level assessed by a body independent of government.

My preference is to continue with the licence but to also add the charge to the cost of the licence to internet contracts for anybody not able to show they hold a licence. This could be extended to data on SIM cards. Prove you have a licence and it doesn’t get added. All you would need to do is enter your licence number (or personal ID if we ever get round to having one) and the computers take care of the rest.

A good example of how this anti-BBC movement has grown so much - decades of pointless articles hammered by Murdoch and other s***ty tabloid rags.

Interestingly, taking posters on here, there is a big old Venn diagram between Brexit voters and those who are now vehemently anti-BBC.

Yeah of course - people go through all the effort to qualify and achieve a job at the BBC just so they can further the woke agenda. That’s exactly what happens. Definitely.