Charles Moore v Jonathan Ross
Posted on Jan 25th by William in Uncategorized
So Charles Moore wont pay his licence fee until Jonathan Ross is sacked. He calls Ross an oaf and “the big mouth of an age with nothing worth saying.”…
I declare various distant and irrelevant interests here; Charles Moore once interviewed me for a job for which I was hopelessly ill-qualified, and was very courteous about it. And another: the future Mrs Ross sang backing vocals with the Mystery Girls in the Camden Palace the year she started going out with Jonathan (come to think of it, both were probably the same year).
Problem is, Charles, Jonathan Ross is quite exceptionally quick-witted. People like it and value it. I think you like high culture but fail to understand just why he is so good. You may think you can see exactly what is going on with him, and that you dont like it. Yes, he’s grotesquely vulgar. But that doesnt mean there isnt a genius at work. Perhaps you simply dont get it. Pray consider that you might be mistaken.
So now you’re going to break the law because you find him rude and overpaid? But his salary is a sparkler on bonfire night compared to what we’re going to spend on Trident, and what we’re spending on Iraq or Afghanistan. Your licence fee is a piss in the lake compared to the tax we waste on the war on drugs or the surveillance society.
I love you Charles. You’re a damn good egg. But you’re looking a bit petty here. Maybe a bit pompous and elitist too. And even…ooh: humourless? As for you Jonathan: why dont you clear off to commercial TV and get off the licence-payer’s back? Say hi to Jane from me.
