... well don't say we didn't tell you ...

... that employing people who make good guests - or even poor guests is not the way to run 'Have I Got News For You'. Lisa Tarbuck is a brilliant performer and reacted well when she was on before - but making her chair - is ridiculous - she's not an authority figure - it would be her and Paul - behind the bike shed - pouring sherbet over some poor first year's head - and telling them they had dandruff - or sticking the sign with - KICK ME - on their backs.

And Charles Kennedy - ok in the role - of idiot to be pulled down a peg or two - and - anyway - why is he not kicking the crap out of the Blair - why is he not running the Liberal Party - while the Tories are playing at - I want to be alone - quietly. Well - I actually turned off - I am actually going out when the programme is on - more seriously I want to see programmes that are on - shhh - the other side - when 'Have I ...' is now on.

The guest presenters are all frightened - of not being good enough to get the job - which they're not going to get anyway - and they are frightened of getting a mauling from Paul - but he's clearly being told to tone it down a bit - or they've put something in his tea - or he needs someone like Angus to wind him up a bit. And so far - no one has read an autocue as good as Angus.

So a good format - an easy format - has been destroyed - because - the tabloid press want a victim - and Angus was it. This means they have the right to knock off performers one by one - skeleton by skeleton - all for a cheap story. Any popular presenter in the BBC will eventually be doomed - on a quiet news week - or doing something wrong - at a party - or with the wrong people - and - er - and I'm sure Angus will agree me - should prostitutes have a professional code of practice - or should be looking at charted prostitutes - that could lose their license - if they breached their privacy agreement.

However you - the BBC - you Jane Lush - who I believe is in charge of Light Entertainment - you need to get Angus back - but I suspect that no one at the BBC would have the guts to do that - after all management can't be wrong - or the BBC needs someone very different - but with authority - as suggested by the Odtaa Files - Angela Rippon could do it - or you could be really radical and employ someone new - but good - like Stephen K Amos - a black comedian - used to dealing with the real rough houses of stand up - but good with new acts - that is he knows when to control - when to let go - and when to bring people out - but let him do it his own way - but again no one in the BBC will have the guts to try him out - or if they did would have to control him.

So Angus Deayton (Deaton) you will be the last real presenter of Have I Got News For You - it will probably last another season - but slowly die - lose rating - as ITV eventually puts something decent on - like 'celeb mountain biking' or 'You've Been Famed edition 902' - where people hilariously fall over - sometimes even by accident - but Paul and Ian will have to start looking for other easy earners.