This is an opinion column by Jonathan Brocklebank for the Daily Mail, in which he argues that while he does not resent paying his BBC licence fee, he objects to licence fee money being used to appease the Scottish National Party by preserving what he describes as an "absurdity" within the broadcaster. The piece frames the licence fee as a legitimate charge in principle, but criticises any decision to protect a specific BBC service or arrangement purely for political reasons rather than on its own merits.

The full text of the article was not available beyond its headline and surrounding Daily Mail site content, so further specific details, figures or the exact "absurdity" referenced could not be confirmed from the supplied material. The column appears to sit within wider debate about BBC funding, its relationship with the Scottish Government, and how licence fee revenue is allocated.