Our Christmas poll this year is a little different. It's called 'The Listeners' Law' and, in short, we want Today Programme listeners to re-write the law of the land.They give a number of suggested new laws from such notables as Brian Eno and George Melly, and there’s a form for submitting a proposed piece of legislation.
We're asking you to suggest a new piece of legislation. The best suggestions will be short-listed and a vote will decide the winner. Stephen Pound MP will put the winning idea to the House of Commons in the New Year and we'll follow its progress all the way to the statute book. Hopefully.
I couldn’t resist submitting: ‘Abolish the BBC’. It’s a simple idea, easy to implement, it would save people money and free the BBC’s management to pursue their ambitions untroubled by government interference.
The BBC has become both a global news provider and an international brand serving a world audience. Yet its funding continues to come from a tax on TV sets in the UK. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
There should be a law against it.
