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Rod Liddle

My application to be chairman of the BBC

I will save millions and increase the budget for programme-making by 100 per cent. I know I can save you money just by looking at your job ads

17 May 2014

9:00 AM

17 May 2014

9:00 AM

To: Karen Moran, HR Director, BBC

Dear Ms Moran,

I have decided to give up on the gardening this year, after a number of dispiriting setbacks. Last year I invested a fairly large amount of money, and about four hours per week, in trying to grow vegetables. But despite the fence and the pellets and the presence of a large plastic falcon called ‘Mr Roberts’, almost all of my crop was eaten by wild things.

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