Robin Aitken

The BBC only has itself to blame for the licence fee mess

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Robin Aitken
Robin Aitken is a former BBC journalist and author of 'The Noble Liar: How and Why the BBC Distorts the News to Promote a Liberal Agenda'. He is also co-founder of the Oxford Foodbank.

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