@Ralphie : I can't make up my mind if you thought I was seriously suggesting storming the barricades ? I haven't got my Les Mis costume ready, so it'll have to wait. Blimey, I'm not that sort of a person, as I would have thought was evident ... LOL! It was meant to be a mildly humorous retort to your comment about appearing AT the Awards... so you can continue to adopt the lotus position as Gandhi. Hope your dhoti is clean ?

@Yorkshire Yankee. I'll give it some thought. Before I'd do that I would need to listen to Mr Thomas' comments again , and check the Trust charter rubric ... and then draft the appropriate email. All of which would be quite time consuming, so no chance until Tuesday at the earliest. The other thing that makes me slightly reluctant is the fact that I'm out of area for the station in question (although supporting), and with the emphasis on locality, I wonder whether I am the right person to be doing it?