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Last year the BBC ran a deficit of £188.2 Million.

BBC Govenors were awarded Bonuses of 25% of their salaries.

Since Bonuses are usually awarded for sound financial management, are we to assume that without their intervention this appalling deficit would have been even more horrendous? And is this why, despite BBC1's audience share falling from 25.2% to 24% and BBC2's audience share falling to just 9.6%, the govenors were given a total of £546,000 in bonuses? True, Mark Thompson, the Director General, waived his bonus of £135,000. But then when you are burdened with an annual salary of £540,000 it probably feels good to offload a bit of tax liability.