I think I’ll just vent about this here, mostly because I don’t know who to contact to complain about it properly. In Woolwich there is a large screen in a public square, General Gordon Square, where people can gather and watch public events. I think it was construction for the 2012 Olympics, and has been there ever since. I often pass through the square on my way to Woolwich town centre or the Elizabeth line station. When it isn’t showing any particular event, it usually just screens the BBC news channel, which I think is sensible enough.

The last two times I’ve gone that way, however, I have noticed it showing sky news instead. Now, I have no idea why it made the change or who decided it should change, but it really riles me up. The BBC is a widely respected broadcaster, renowned the world over for its objectivity and impartiality; Sky is not. Sky just churns out commercial pap, designed to exploit its viewers. I find it sickening, frankly,  that anyone in Woolwich would want to make such a switch, or think that people there should be watching a repugnant Murdoch-owned tool rather than one of the world greatest news agencies. I know that this might seem silly, but the two channels are by no means equal, and letting Sky, the company responsible for the general degradation of British broadcasting, screen in the square where we should be watching the BBC gives it a gravitas it does not deserve.