GB News bosses must think Nigel Farage is worth every penny of the reported million quid they pay him, his box office appeal enabled them to beat Talk TV into the ground and off the air – despite Piers Morgan’s braggodicous bravado. Nigel keeps the upstart channel competitive. Given no TV licence fee taxpayers’ money is being squandered, what’s the problem? Nigel is being paid a market rate for his talent.

Could it be that rival media personalities are despairingly comparing their pay? The bland auto-cuties on a mere quarter or a third of a million quid must be livid. We love to see it!