Greek economics

Today presenter John Humphrys has joined the list of "friends" of the BBC calling for a smaller organisation. Known for his financial acumen, at least in terms of farming, Greek holiday homes, public appearance and writing fees, he offered the following apercu at a Media Society session last night:  "It’s too big. We could take out a third of it I think."

Thus aligned with Roger Mosey and David Dimbleby, the Great Inquisitor's remarks are picked up with glee by the Daily Mail - unusually for free.

We look forward to understanding more about the 33% theory: is it a cut to the licence fee, the number of channels, the staff headcount ?  Presumably the Today Programme will be excused, so that John can bank that element of his newly-acquired staff status. Let's hope he's done the maths on what a 33% cut might do to salaries.