What the BBC has on general election night is the period from 9.58 to 10.00 and 20 seconds or so. The most dramatic, theatrical nerve wracking, brilliantly presented two and half minutes of telly in … (View Post)

Personally, on election nights, I'm on here. Coverage is far better, more intelligent and more even handed. 90% of the time talking political heads say exactly what you would have expected them … (View Post)

That's true, and that is a concern. And even before you go squirrelling inadvertently around the darkest corners of the internet, the general cultural tone of Netflix, Amazon, Disney is rather l… (View Post)

National anthems sound far better sung by 50,000 bad singers than one good one. (View Post)

None of the BBC's rivals are extracting money with menaces from the BBC's customers. You might not agree with the editorial position of, say, The Telegraph or The Guardian, but you are free… (View Post)