Does James Murdoch write his own speeches? I only ask because his recent laudable articulation of free market principles and consumer choice in broadcasting contained this little nugget, or nougat:

Perhaps it is not a coincidence that the BBC has managed so far to escape any meaningful oversight by concocting, as governance, fudge that Thornton’s would be proud of. Delusions of grandeur will flourish in the absence of proper accountability. [Telegraph]

Thornton’s? How does someone whose life has been split between the United States, Australia and latterly China, know about Thornton’s?