Piers Morgan’s victory for free speech is great in one way but not so marvellous in other ways. First, the great bit: Ofcom’s decision, announced on Wednesday, to clear him of any wrongdoing over his comments about the Duchess of Sussex is a triumph for common sense and (with apologies to the TV star) for the common man.

Tory failure to scrap the BBC licence fee is another nail in the party’s coffin
This Ponzi scheme of the airwaves stopped being viable many years ago.