Gavyn Davies Quotes

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• The BBC should not have a cheerleader. It should have somebody who runs the organisation in the interests of the public and that should be…
• It was an interesting question as to whether the BBC had a future in the digital world, and what form of market failure could justify…
• I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee... and the licence fee is more durable…
• Normally I would not recommend a book that tells you how to make money in the stock market. Most of these books are aimed at…
• Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need…
• The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in…
• As long as the appointment process is transparent and there is a broad mix of political views among the governors of the BBC, I think…
• Over the last decade, economists seemed to share a broad consensus about economic policy, with the old splits between monetarists and Keynesians apparently being settled…
• The BBC must never be all about ratings - or even mainly about ratings. In the past year, we have made a raft of terrific…
• The BBC provides the commentary on our lives, the soundtrack of the nation. It is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the United…
• There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what…
• Without the BBC, the proliferation of television and radio channels by the private sector would simply result in more and more channels, with tiny audiences,…
• Almost everyone will find something in our services worth paying for.
• Other than marriage, she doesn't control me and I don't control her.

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