S and S

Slightly tough finding new insights into BBC strategy from The Observer's long piece on Mark Thomspon, despite them spending a day following him at work, as well as being granted/fed the first formal interview since Sachsgate. Scale and scope are Thommo's only new buzz words, as David Cameron moves to try to freeze the licence fee this Wednesday.

"I think the odds are that a British government of whatever political colour will decide in the end on a BBC of scale and scope funded by the licence fee. I think the British public will want to continue to pay for an institution which provides high quality news you can trust, great education programmes and high-quality culture and entertainment. From the mid-teens of this century to the mid-20s - ie, the BBC's first 100 years - it feels that by far the most likely policy option is to have a BBC of scale and scope."