Liberal intelligentsia? Both words are debatable here

The BBC are a little behind the times in using when they (figuratively) torch over a gas hob – as they report on rising gas prices - £20 bank notes using the celebration of Michael Faraday’s achievements, ignoring not just Adam Smith but his predecessor, Edward Elgar, too. Why don’t they also show the Irish punt when reflecting on the trouble regarding the currency currently prevalent through Ireland?
On another news organisation, my grandfather related to me that, when on a survey of which quality newspaper he would like to read in a shake-up to his routine, he found The Guardian rather peevish. His point was illustrated this morning when Alan Rusbridger defended his newspaper co-operating with Wikileaks in the release of diplomatic cables. Making a rather unconvincing case, that if his and other newspapers did not get involved, Wikileaks would just do a mass dump on the web, not so daintily evading the nub that these documents should ever be leaked in the first place. Moreover, he said that if the Yemen government lied to its people, the absence of a free press there made it imperative that his organisation get this scoop. Yeah, because I’m sure most newsstands in S’ana and Aden have bundles of Guardians stoked with them. Sir Christopher Meyer is not a favourite character of mine, but his suaveness was a lot more persuasive in rebutting Rusbridger.