BBC pay

I rather rese4nt paying the BBC licence fee.  Why should I fund their largesse when  they could generate funds through better marketing – not to mention a bit of advertising.  I am not overly interested in how much they over-pay their alleged ‘stars’.

I am much more interested in all the patronising gits who sit on management committees.  The ones who decide what biscuits to have with tea… and should it be lady grey tea or earl grey?

But I guess the BBC has to show lip service to reality now that public service excesses are being marginally trimmed.  So BBC director general Mark Thompson has backed plans to publish stars’ earnings in pay bands, but said revealing individual wages would be “wrong”.

On Thursday, the BBC Trust called for earnings made by the corporation to talent to be made public.

Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr, Mr Thompson said revealing exact earnings should be kept private.

He also defended the BBC’s plan to overhaul staff pensions, saying “times are hard”.

Last week the BBC announced plans to change its pension scheme in an attempt to tackle a £2bn deficit.

“Times are tough for everyone and pension arrangements, across the public sector, are going to be looked at very hard over the coming months,” Mr Thompson said.

And therein lies the problem.  Anyone can look at something hard.  It takes a bit more willpower to actually do something about it.