Hallelujah!

Ben Bradshaw has just changed the world. If the Minister for Culture thinks that the BBC has too much money, well after all, he is the man paid to decide these things. The point is that it is unlikely that the conservatives will disagree. In the run up to an election, there is a not just consensus, there is actually a developing bidding war, where both sides see votes in attacking the licence fee.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6081719/BBC-expansion-should-stop-says-minister.html

Somewhat less surprising here is some comment from the usual suspects that Nomad rather likes:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/6201579/The-BBC-has-never-hesitated-to-use-its-tax-funded-clout-to-take-on-private-ventures.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6202967/How-the-BBC-could-switch-off-the-funding-row.html