A JOLLY GOOD PLACE TO START......

So, the BBC have to find savings of £2billion due to the fact that the licence fee increase was not as high as they would have liked. Not sure that`s quite right. I suggest the BBC should find savings of £2billion anyway, as it is obvious that they are overstaffed, overmanaged and out of touch with reality - a condition which affects organisations who can (until now, at least) simply levy the money they need on a hitherto compliant public.

There are countless examples of where the BBC can save shed loads of our cash - it`s ours, of course, because we have no alternative but to pay the licence fee whether we watch or listen to the BBC anyway. One example came to light this morning - Radio 5 Live are sending Nicky Campbell (pictured) off to Paris for the weekend so he can `present` his radio show direct from there in the build up to the Rugby World Cup Final.

Irrespective of the army of BBC staff, presenters, technicians, etc. who have already been there for the duration of this tournament, maybe a good place to start on the efficiency savings would be to cancel Campbell`s jolly. Perhaps Campbell wouldn`t look so pleased with himself.....and don`t get me started on Jonathan Woss, Wogan, Norton and all the rest.......

We are being threatened with reduced services, poorer technical quality and more repeats, all of which sounds a bit spiteful, a bit spiteful, a bit spiteful... Why should the viewing and listening public be made to put up with these measures, when there are many, many opportunities for the Corporation to achieve the financial constraints placed upon them by good, prudent, realistic, proper firm management.

They must take us all for mugs. Oh, hang on a minute - that`s something else that might be for the chop? Every little helps, they say.