Service vs salaries

IT IS time the Corporation decides if it is a public service or a commercial enterprise.

If the former, it should be happy to provide an information service to the least affluent of our society.

If the latter, let it raise capital in the same way as any other commercial enterprise by selling shares and answering to the shareholders for the service it provides.

To put things in perspective, if the BBC were to get rid of a few highly paid presenters such as Gary Lineker, it wouldn’t have to charge hardup pensioners to cover the cost of the replacement set for East Enders, a programme enjoyed by millions.

K. C. HARRIS, Stapleford, Notts.