Mid term

BBC chair Sir David Clementi is relying on the mid-term Charter review to mitigate the cuts that might flow from the Over-75 licence fee snafu.

Those negotiations might start in 2022; Lord Hall might be on his final grand tour, for the 100th Anniversary of the BBC. If the BBC is shouldering the complete cost of free licences, they'd need £750m - which would work out at £30 on each £150.50 licence. Good luck to a new DG with that, even if he or she is dealing with a new government.