BBC Travel

Ironically the BBC has reported that the Lib Dems have obtained details of its travel expenses. I have a number of serious issues with it:

• Although the BBC has reported that "Spend on flights is subject to rigorous scrutiny and has actually fallen significantly in the last year, reflecting our commitment to value for money. " questions must be asked about the amount of first and business class travel involved. Is it just down to the vanity of the people involved? If so tough ....


• This is before coverage the US Presidential Elections and the Olympics is taken into account. If the Guardian (as reported by Guido) is correct then the extraordinary number of 472 people are being sent to cover the US elections which is higher than all of the major US networks. How many of those people are going first and business class.....?

I am reading Lewis Page's hatchet job on the MoD (which is an entertaining polemic with some errors but still worthwhile) and wondering whether its time for the BBC to be subject to such a study? There might even be one already ....