Maybe, if the BBC is to accurately reflect British society in terms, of course, of its 'vision' and 'mission', 51 per cent of newsreaders should be female, at least five per cent of Irish origin and culture (and they should also be sub-divided between the number of male and female Irish in the country).
An overall figure of around ten per should be from ethnic minorities, again split on gender representation. And, of course, at least one in a hundred
(one in ten if the Blair governments were correct) should be classified as bi-sexual, gay, lesbian, trans-gender etc.
This might cause a little problem with faith communities who, of course, should also be represented. At least five per cent of newsreaders should be Catholic.
At least ten per cent should be from those disabled in any way and it would clearly not be right to discriminate between younger and older people. People from the regions must also represented, particularly those with accents.
It can't be right that we judge people on their size, so larger people should be on screen and so should smaller people.
People who are not disabled but present a different screen image, say those with dwarfism, should not be excluded nor those who have had, or may continue to have mental health problems. People with red hair, the butt of many jokes, should not be discriminated against and nor should people with bad acne, disfigurement of a more serious kind and people with speech impediments.
It would also be morally wrong to discourage Gypsies, people who may be of Viking decent, those from a private educational background and those from state schools, nor those who may have a criminal background (but paid their debt to society) and those who lack the gritty life experience of same.
We also should not forget those of the Jewish faith, those with freckles and people with one ear slightly lower than the other. White people who choose to get suntanned might be another concern because they might be perceived to be copying those of black or mixed-race. And, of course, those of mixed race should be characterised, for the sake of quotas, as being partly from ethnic minorities and those who are not.