Fry up

I suspect Stephen Fry will join Jeremy Clarkson on the BBC naughty step, rather than sharing mince-pies with the DG at one of the "Talent Xmas Parties".  Here's an extract from his blog post of yesterday...

This is a Britain where metro-hatred and provincial arse-licking has led to such fatuous absurdities as the farcical moving of the entire BBC sports department to Salford months before the Olympic Games come to London. Read that back twice and forbear to weep, groan, roar or wet yourself laughing.


Where does one begin with the BBC’s “regionalism”? They destroy local radio but move to Salford to “appease” the North. As if “the North” is one place! Do they think the citizens of Sunderland and Leeds are cheering because there’s a new BBC media centre in Salford? I should think even Mancunians are pissed off by it, let alone Geordies or Lakelanders. In-fucking-sane. But don’t get me started. Oh – you did. 


Takes deep breath. Calms down.