Wha' ha'e

Mark Thompson still has the odd bit of work to do; and this morning sees him facing a grilling from the Education and Culture Committee of the Scottish Parliament, flanked by Ken MacQuarrie and Bruce Malcolm of BBC Scotland. 6 of the 9 committee members are from the SNP; of them, Clare Adamson is also a paid up member of the NUJ, while Joan MacAlpine maintains a column in the Daily Record.

100-odd at SNP demo BBC Pacific
Quay last Saturday lunchtime 

And this is the line from the SNPs' Jean Urquhart "The impact of Delivering Quality First will have an adverse impact on BBC services in Scotland and Mark Thompson must explain why Scotland's national broadcaster is subject to such harsh cuts while local radio in England is protected. Mr Thompson should explain why Radio Four is being safeguarded at the same time Radio Scotland faces job losses and programme reductions."

It's being streamed by the BBC here from 10am.

The SNP sees three options for the BBC, posited by their spokesman on broadcasting, Pete Wishart, former keyboard player with Runrig.

1. The BBC remains as is, but with an enhanced Scottish representation on the BBC Trust and a Royal Charter, ratified by both Westminster and Edinburgh.
2. BBC Scotland becomes fully autonomous and looks after its own budget, assets, scheduling and management. But it stays within “the larger BBC family”. 
3. A breakaway SBC is formed with the BBC assets north of the border, including the £180m complex just built at Pacific Quay in Glasgow. Licence fees raised in Scotland will be spent in Scotland.