Kelvin sticks the boot in

Kelvin MacKenzie and Ralph Bernard have a little bit of history. A few years ago MacKenzie, then still in charge of TalkSport, ran a series of ads knocking Classic FM. "You never win with Kelvin," said Bernard at the time, much to MacKenzie's delight. "Because he will always try to out-succeed in belittling you and be provocatively rude about you." So with Bernard announcing today that he is quitting his role as chief executive of GCap, step forward ... Kelvin MacKenzie. "Shareholders will be dancing in the streets at Bernard's departure," said MacKenzie. "His bet on digital has been disastrous and the board must share some of the responsibility for not kicking him out at least four years ago." MacKenzie, you may remember, ducked out of Bernard's digital operation, Digital One, before it launched nearly a decade ago. "Whether that was by luck or good judgement, I don't know," added MacKenzie, who will be a guest of Ofcom at the Radio Academy's patrons lunch in 10 days time. Perhaps they will be able to talk about old times together.