
Robert Halfon: Our national catchphrase this year is four simple words – “You are on mute”
Some of us have taken up central casting from The Truman Show – being ogled, googled, zoomed, teamed and even on the odd occasion ‘citrixed’.
Some of us have taken up central casting from The Truman Show – being ogled, googled, zoomed, teamed and even on the odd occasion ‘citrixed’.
We should be able to choose whether we support the BBC with our wallets – the economic case for licence fees has evaporated.
What normalisation should mean is the return to a functioning market economy where our wants and needs are met in today’s circumstances.
More emphasis could have been put on local delivery of services, drugs, and even treatment using mobile medical equipment and remote consultation.
The trust factor is simply less relevant, because fewer people are accessing the Corporation’s output in the first place.
Its reputation and market share has taken a buffeting recently, but its position is recoverable.
There is no prospect for reform unless Britain votes to leave and forces a new agenda on Europe’s elites.