I have written to Graham Norton at the Daily Telegraph to ask for his advice:

I have a problem with my newspaper. It carries an advice column’ by a well-known TV personality and supposed comedian who is giving obnoxious if not improper advice.

Someone wrote to him asking about a sibling’s evident benefit fraud. The TV personality said that the whole thing was ‘none of [the questioner’s] business’. I have written about this appalling answer on my own website.

It shocks me that a seemingly respectable newspaper should publish these banal and immoral attitudes in such an offhand way, thereby making cheating and lying appear respectable.

So, three short questions:

  • should I cancel my subscription to this newspaper?
  • would it be OK to stop paying my TV licence as a mark of protest against this dismal comedian?
  • and if I did stop paying my TV licence fee, would it be anyone else’s business?

Looking forward to hearing your response,

Regards

Let’s see what the Wit has to say.