/taxonomy/term/1703 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en /television-july-august-laughter-of-the-privileged-left-nick-choen-mock-the-week <p><b>Author:</b>Nick Cohen</p> <p> </p><p align="justify">Broadcasters are becoming bothered by a question that ought to have worried them years ago: why should Daily Mail readers pay the licence fee? If principled people ran the BBC, they would not need to ask it. They would declare that they did not want the tainted money of their enemies. They would say, &quot;We deplore the sexist and racist assumptions of right-wing Conservative and UKIP voters, and want to be free as free to criticise them as anyone else.&quot;</p><p><a href="/television-july-august-laughter-of-the-privileged-left-nick-choen-mock-the-week"><span>read more</span></a></p> /television-july-august-laughter-of-the-privileged-left-nick-choen-mock-the-week#comments Television BBC Comedy Little Britain Mark Steel Mock the Week TV Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:15:40 +0100 Frances Weaver 5122 at http://standpointmag.co.uk