Michael Grade, who chairs state lottery operator Camelot, is to be the new head of the BBC. Mr. Grade will chair the state media giant’s board of governors.
State lotteries have been described as “a tax on the poor.” Mr. Grade is likely to feel at home, therefore, in a business that targets unemployed single parents to collect the yearly tax of £121 that all TV viewers are required to pay to it before they may watch any TV channel.