Institutions versus things we can do without. Jan. 22, 2007

In Britain we really CAN’T do without the BBC. It’s fundamental, it is education itself , it’s one of the few things we can believe in and defines us as a nation. We need to belong and BBC is as inclusive as they come whilst still having ‘a point of view’.

There are other things that may seem like an institution, but are not, at all. Things like the Daily Mail newspaper. It hangs on to the coat-tails of the BBC and indeed many of the good things in life – takes on the appearance of the host, only to whinge and blah blah blah blah blah blah… I’ve got better things to waste my breath on. Just don’t get sucked up into its grasp and set of ‘values’ my instinct.