I was taken aback by what I took to be the tone of the comment, POGS, mainly because, although we don't agree on many things I do value your posts as they are always well written and informative. The reason I said it was a rumour was because, having read the last part of the thread, it seemed relevant to the discussion but I'd only just seen read it but couldn't remember the source. It is a worrying development imo though. Although I don't like the BBC as a news provider these days I do love BBC4 and I'm so scared that the sort of art and history programmes that I love might go. Any government with the sort of power this one has is worrying, no matter where ones political leanings lie.