Wherever the BBC licence fee goes…  

…it doesn’t go into the coffee at its Millbank  HQ. A cup of coffee was probably deserved after agreeing to appear on such a late show as the Tony Livesey show on 5 Live, getting back to my flat at 1am after taking part in a live phone in. Coffee was rotten though. Highlights of the evening were listening to two top BBC political journalists arguing about the Ashcroft story, with the one who struggles to conceal his/her leanings practically trotting out the Tory line…nil desperandum. In addition, sitting in the waiting room with Michael Heseltine as the latest breaking news about Ashcroft  came through on the television was quite an experience. I can only hope to one day be able to glower like his noble lordship glowered tonight. And the ‘Spitting Image’ puppet was remarkably accurate… On the subject of Ashcroft, news reports today suggest that the NHS...