Head of culture committee says conviction for evading licence fee makes him unsuitable
Charles Moore’s suitability to be the next chair of the BBC has come in for further criticism after the Tory head of the parliamentary culture committee suggested it would be “beyond the pale” to appoint someone who has been convicted for not paying the licence fee.
The former Telegraph chair, believed to be Boris Johnson’s choice to be the next chair of the corporation, was fined £262 10 years ago for refusing to pay the annual levy in protest at the BBC’s failure to fire Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand after the presenters had been accused of bullying actor Andrew Sachs live on air.
