Woss and all the other Bankers

I understand it's been a bad year for Jonathan Ross, what with those nasty people criticising that amusing joke he played on Andrew Sachs with his friend Russell Brand, and then people suggesting he might be overpaid at the BBC, earning 18 grand in 3 years.My heart constricts whenever I think of the poor man.

I used to like him a lot on his Friday night show, and have enjoyed many an excellent interview of his with various "celebs". However, I have discovered that, try as I might, I simply can't forgive or forget the chilling, hard cruel streak revealed by his behaviour in the Sachs incident. Every time I see him on Live Aid or whatever, I can't help thinking that the mask has slipped and can't ever be put back again. He showed that he did not really regret the incident at all in a recent Christmas quiz, when he was teamed up with Brand - a serious error of judgement in itself, in my opinion. The pair of them sat sniggering like schoolboys, and made several references to the Sachs thing, clearly proud of their clever wit, and congratulating themselves for having got away with it, which they obviously had, since everybody in the studio fell about laughing with them. I switched off.

I don't watch films [this is a delight I am saving up for my old age], but I'm sure Ross's Film programme is very good. However, don't tell me no-one else could do this or his chat show as well, or that he will be missed to the tune of 6 grand a year.

No-one is indispensable, neither Jonathan Ross nor all those bankers with their obscene bonuses. I read an admirable letter to one of the broadsheets, written by someone in a fairly exalted professional position, volunteering to take the place of one of these brilliant bankers, should they wish to leave the country in the event of their bonus being cut. Sadly, he concluded that he would not get the chance, since there would be many more highly qualified , capable people ahead of him in the queue.

Let's charter a jet for them all to fly away on - Ryanair should do it!