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Old 02-09-2020, 14:23   #266
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Re: Funding of the BBC

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Oddly, you are the only person that has contested the point.

I can only assume you deny the existence of an Establishment at all and that all our political, business and leaders within the media are there on merit. They all got to Oxford and Cambridge on merit, and it didn’t matter that Daddy was the 39th Lord something and cousin of King George VI.

Somewhat naive if so.
You don't really have to look too far back in the list of past BBC DG's to find the bit in bold falls in to the category of a crock of shit, but hey I suppose it sounds good if you say it confidently enough. Are we maybe seeing the old green eyed monster showing its head?
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