Hi, Robert Gonzalez wrote: > > Well, first of all, I am amazed at the subjects that get discussed here > in pdml. Somehow the list got onto a thread a very short time ago about > taxing British citizens to finance the BBC. > > As if the list is all prescient, all of a sudden the BBC is big world > news due to the scathing commentary by Lord Hutton accusing the BBC's > Board of Governers of basically sleeping on the job during the BBC's > Blair Blunder. > > It was very interesting to hear on the radio commentary about how this > is going to go over with the British public, since <rough quote> "The > British Broadcasting Corporation is a publicly funded corporation via > taxation and there is some expectation of broadcast responsibility...". > > I heard that the chairman of the Board of Governers has stepped down > after the news today and a couple of others are also considering it. I > am curious to hear from our British PDML's if this is a big deal in > England or if the american radio has blown it out of proportion again...
Put it this way: if I ever have to defend myself against charges of falsifying a picture, I'm going to hire a Law Lord.... Read the evidence for yourself and see what conclusion _you_ come to. http://www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk/ mike
