The idea of a tax on the ownership of a television belongs in the 1950s. Why not tax people for owning a washing machine to fund the manufacture of Persil?

Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth.

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

Television bosses should stop insulting the public's intelligence by assuming we are all idiots.

It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.

I have not a clue why they sent it to me. As far as I know I have not got a reputation as a receiver of stolen goods.

It's stupid to have a simple-minded view.