See through

There's an old joke from the days when John Birt was running the BBC: “What’s the difference between ET and McKinsey? At least ET went home in the end.”

Well. they're back. The BBC is at pains to make clear that they've won a competitive tender to supply "insight" on simplifying the organisation, at a cost estimated at between £300k and £500k. This may not go far, with offices in Jermyn Street to support.

Here's a free "insight". Last year Marks and Spencer recruited 20,000 temporary staff (about the headcount of the BBC) in the UK and Ireland to work over Christmas and the New Year. I suspect no additional "boards" were created.

• McKinsey were believed to be the creators of this chart, attempting to create a diagram of responsibilities for Newsnight in its dark days.