It's a bossy world

Google Plus thought to draw this poster to my attention, reminding me to be irritated about the lack of magnanimity of the kill-the-smoker crew who, having won the battle, just can't pack up. Do they really have to go for e-cigarettes as well? Why can't they go and play golf like most of the rest of us?

For a more useful, if more ugly example, see reference 1.

And while we are on irritations, I am reminded that Amazon is reported to have paid £160m for 36 hours of Clarkson and son of Top Gear. He is clearly making a very good thing, a £4m an hour good thing, out of being sacked for boorish, not to say violent, behaviour while at work.

With my view being that the BBC should not get involved in programming with these sorts of costs. Let the Murdoch's and Amazon's throw money at this sort of thing and let the BBC back off & stick to stuff which is more worthy and which offers a bit more bang for buck. Maybe even the sort of stuff which is unlikely to make it to a commercial channel. Arty even. Or thoughtful.

Reference 1: http://psmv2.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/remainder-shelf-2.html.