The BBC Strike

So the BBC journalists, engorged on our licence fees, pandered to by politicians who are too frightened of them to enforce impartiality, have now shown their true credentials by striking. It makes a welcome change to listen to something different than the same old leftist claptrap you know is coming whenever a BBC journalist opens his mouth. That is why Sky News is so refreshing, Jeff Randall in particular.  It would be wonderful if the strike would continue for longer than the stated 48 hours. It would give an opportunity perhaps to others to open a chink in the BBC market and subject it to some much needed competition where previously the private sector has been squeezed out. The BBC has demonstrated though that it has no interest in allowing competition by joining in the complaints about News Corp's proposed acquisition of the 60% of Sky it does not already own. If the BBC really had to compete on a level playing field then perhaps more of its journalists would appreciate that even they had to make their share of sacrifices forced on us by the excesses of the Labour Government they loved and supported.