Meanwhile, back at the £-fairy's money mine

BBC fined £150,000 over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross phone prank scandal

The 'let's now put it all behind us' brigade in full cry.

A few, oddly, myself included, not so sure.

It's been said (well, by those who do seem to have the wit to wonder where money goes these days), but just what, in the great quango-funding, mutual pocket-p*ssing scheme of things does a 'fine' that the licence fee payers fund achieve?

Next we'll be fining hospitals that kill patients because they don't have enough money for actual medicine 'cos they've blown it all on compliance managers... oh.

But no, we should not talk about such things, I am sure.

BBBC - Not keen either. With a few links to follow

Telegraph - The BBC is fined some small change over Russell Brand

Telegraph - Fine Jonathan Ross, not the BBC

Indy - And so we pay again for Ross and Brand

'Old news'. 'Draw a line' and 'Move on'. All we need next is 'not newsworthy' and there's the latest set.

Where do I keep hearing those terms?

Oh yes, from the nu-politico-media establishment and various cheerleaders, when caught with hands in till, knickers round ankles, etc, usually when some they feed off don't feel that doing nothing or, in this case, letting further injury to insult pass without comment, is unwarranted.

It's our money, and it's still (just) a free country, so if someone wishes to write about it and others feel like agreeing, then I'd say those who are lobbing toys out of prams might try wondering who are the true libertarians.

Unlike the BBC, you can opt not to buy the Indy, and this blog is actually free. So to serve back, as a pretty cold dish, the argument trotted out by some logic dodgers at the time, you can always choose not to engage and decline to tune in. But then, telling others how to think all the time seems an irresistible urge in some quarters.

Guardian - Ofcom's Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross fine serves the BBC right -