See Chris Patten responding to the motivated clamour to break the Beeb whipped up by those whose irrationality - and pockets - stand to gain. Best for Britain‬
‪@bestforbritain.org‬

God forbid you read more of my words, Kev! Who knows what emptiness you might uncover!

To be fair, the seeding system was never hidden. I've mentioned it at least three times in print.

There are admittedly some more salient things to worry about in life. Fixture algorithms versus Trump, JD ("Tommy") Vance, WW1 fighting in Donbas and rivers ripe with shite: even I readily concede that Notts v Surrey twice is not exactly critical! A crumb of comfort for us both, though, perhaps?!

If you didn't know it existed you've been reading the wrong writers, Nick! The algorithm has long been reported by some!