The BBC

So, the BBC has revealed the total amount it pays to it's stars. That is, it paid out £229 million for the year up to March '09. Now, this may seem like a hell of a lot, but one must not forget that the BBC has employment contracts with over 300,000 people. If all these people were in full time employment with the BBC, the average pay would be less that £750 a year.

Of course, politicians are like to ignore this fact, because the BBC refuses to reveal individual pay levels in order to give it's performers some measure of privacy. That, in my opinion, is fair enough, as the BBC provides an indispensable service to the country and indeed, around the world. Individual earnings being published would just lead to a push by the government to censure the BBC for overpaying it's stars. In my opinion, that could be considered an attack on free speech.

Of course, this is all thanks to our politicians being forced to reveal their expenses. Okay, we pay for both our politicians and the BBC in the UK, but the crucial difference is that the BBC is not morally bankrupt. Our leadership would sell us all out for a couple of quid and a bag of crisps if it thought it could get away with it. Oh wait, they already did. A shame then that the only way to fix this is to vote Liberal Democrat, since they don't have a hope in hell of winning against Labour and the Tories.