Given that BBC income is fixed by the license fee, where does the saving end up? At least with high pay at the margin some 67% is recycled in taxes. What will Patten spend it on?
The BBC is not impartial, in accordance with its charter, rather it has a left-wing bias. Lord Patten needs to give this problem his urgent attention. The pay of BBC executives can be dealt with next.
The BBC should be sold off so that we do not have to pay the mandatory license fee.
Sky is far superior and the subscription is optional and the price varies according to the customer requirements.
BBC executive pay is over £800,000 per annum for the director general and all his left wing mates are paid huge sums.
What a pity he doesn't bear down on the incipient anti-conservative bias.
Posted by: Curbishly | September 15, 2011 at 11:26 AM
He should bear down on the looney left in the BBC.
I object to paying £145.50 a year to keep these people in jobs.
Posted by: Tony Dean | September 15, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Given that BBC income is fixed by the license fee, where does the saving end up? At least with high pay at the margin some 67% is recycled in taxes. What will Patten spend it on?
Posted by: It doesn't add up... | September 15, 2011 at 01:44 PM
The BBC is not impartial, in accordance with its charter, rather it has a left-wing bias. Lord Patten needs to give this problem his urgent attention. The pay of BBC executives can be dealt with next.
Posted by: John Bright | September 15, 2011 at 03:33 PM
The BBC should be sold off so that we do not have to pay the mandatory license fee.
Sky is far superior and the subscription is optional and the price varies according to the customer requirements.
BBC executive pay is over £800,000 per annum for the director general and all his left wing mates are paid huge sums.
Posted by: robert | September 15, 2011 at 05:06 PM