A radio licence won’t save the BBC

A radio licence won’t save the BBC

According to the Times, the BBC – strapped for cash as millions more stop paying the TV licence, and struggling to compete in a world dominated by high-gloss American ‘content’ – is brainstorming a portfolio of wizard wheezes to replenish its bank account. One of these, quite incredibly, could be the return of the radio licence. ‘BBC bosses are ...
Cricket has banned naughty jokes

Cricket has banned naughty jokes

English cricket, in its joyless pursuit of moral purity, has banned naughty jokes. There can be no other explanation for its punishment of Phillip Hodson, a man who has given his life to the summer game as player, administrator, and benefactor, and now finds himself fined £1,000. Hodson, a former president of Marylebone Cricket Club, which owns Lord’s, ...
Watch: Starmer’s legal record called out

Watch: Starmer’s legal record called out

It’s been a pretty terrible start to the week for the government. Amid mounting revelations from the Epstein files, the police are now probing claims that the former British ambassador Lord Mandelson committed misconduct in public office. Despite Mandy’s links to the disgraced sexual predator being already well-known in late 2024, Keir Starmer ...

A radio licence won’t save the BBC

A radio licence won’t save the BBC
According to the Times, the BBC – strapped for cash as millions more stop paying the TV licence, and struggling to compete in a world dominated by high-gloss American ‘content’ – is brainstorming a portfolio of wizard wheezes to replenish its bank account. One of these, quite incredibly, could be the return of the radio licence. ‘BBC bosses are ...

Cricket has banned naughty jokes

Cricket has banned naughty jokes
English cricket, in its joyless pursuit of moral purity, has banned naughty jokes. There can be no other explanation for its punishment of Phillip Hodson, a man who has given his life to the summer game as player, administrator, and benefactor, and now finds himself fined £1,000. Hodson, a former president of Marylebone Cricket Club, which owns Lord’s, ...

Watch: Starmer’s legal record called out

Watch: Starmer’s legal record called out
It’s been a pretty terrible start to the week for the government. Amid mounting revelations from the Epstein files, the police are now probing claims that the former British ambassador Lord Mandelson committed misconduct in public office. Despite Mandy’s links to the disgraced sexual predator being already well-known in late 2024, Keir Starmer ...