Ah, sorry.

A week off work is, by definition, never wasted.

Thank you for your attention in this matter.

Mr President, you may not know who or what most of the above are, but if you think that suing the BBC, for an amount of money that would end its existence, after 103 years, will increase your net popularity in the US, the UK, and worldwide, I’m afraid you’re sadly mistaken.

You come at millions of people around the world, who regard the BBC World Service as the most-respected voice in international broadcasting.

You come at the very concept of impartial (though inevitably imperfect) public service broadcasting.

You come at millions of people in the UK who’ve grown up with the BBC.

You come at millions of people in the USA, for whom the BBC is second only to the Weather Channel as the most trusted news source.

You come at Radio 3, 6Music, CBeebies, Pudsey, Comic Relief, The Proms, Glastonbury.

You come at Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan, Richard Richard, Papa Lazarou, Pauline Campbell-Jones, Mick McNamara, Tracey Horrobin, Chippy Minton, Delbert Wilkins, Ed Reardon, Councillors Cox and Evans, George Dawes, Rowley Birkin QC, Tucker Jenkins.

You come at Howard and Hilda Hughes, Sgt Wilson, Victor Meldrew, Dave Lister, Barbara Royle, Patsy Stone, Pat Butcher, Dot Cotton, Barry Evans, Rab C. Nesbitt, Vyvyan Basterd, Lord Melchett, Nicola Murray, Joan Greengross, Gordon the Gopher, Posh Paws, Martin Brown.

You come at Wallace, Gromit, Duggee, Bluey, The Doctor, Yakka Dee, Postman Pat, Arthur Dent, Alan Partridge, Fleabag, Andy Pandy, Gladys Pugh, Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb, Madame Cholet, Delboy, Rodney, Grandad, Uncle Albert, Margo Leadbetter.

You come at the memories of Biddy Baxter, Terry Wogan, Alan Freeman, Steve Wright, John Peel, Annie Nightingale, Morecambe & Wise, The Two Ronnies, George Alagiah, Richard Baker, Brian Redhead, Humph, Mike Neville, Ian McCaskill, Robert Robinson, Dennis Potter, Shep.

You come at Desert Island Discs, Woman’s Hour, Just A Minute, The News Quiz, Test Match Special, Pick of the Pops, Hancock’s Half Hour.

#Trump #BBC

Dear President
@realDonaldTrump,

I offer you some unsolicited, but hopefully useful advice.

When you come at the BBC, you come at David Attenborough, Lyse Doucet, David Dimbleby, Brian Perkins, Floella Benjamin.

@maitlis.bsky.social for DG?

“Passengers to the left of the aircraft may use sexual swear words.”

Interesting. I was thinking the other day how glad I am that I can still hear Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Andrew Harrison, and Miranda Sawyer, in podcast form.

Hey Rosie! Things have been a bit all over the place with me, but hopefully approaching a good plateau, as I approach the end of my time at the BBC. I’ve been enjoying your gig photos on Facebook!

They all had ropey Hanna-Barbera cartoons made about their mischievous antics?