New Scottish TV channel to be launched

I was delighted to hear the news yesterday that Scotland is to at long last get it's own TV channel. For far too long Scotland has been short changed by the BBC by having incredibly few programmed actually made in Scotland! But that now could be about to change with the new "Scottish Network" which has been recommended by the Scottish Broadcasting Commission (SBC). It will feature all the things which you would expect any decent channel to have such as news, drama, comedy etc. Blair Jenkins, who led the commission and is a former BBC executive, said that the new channel would have an annual cost of £50m - £75m, but did not say whether this would come from the television license fee.

As usual, Labour has given its objection to the proposal, which is just typical of them as anything which can remotely give Scotland its own voice is, for some reason, a bad thing. David Cairns seems to believe that this is the "breaking up of Britain" and that "Scottish broadcasting should remain as part of the UK"! This is ridiculous! For years Scotland has been looking for its own TV channel, and by opposing it, it only goes to show just how out of touch the Labour party is.