Surely the point is that would any organisation want a person in a senior high profile position whose judgement is such that he indulges in the activities that he has. It doesn't really matter whether he has committed an actual crime on not, the damage he has done to the organisation's reputation is enough to warrent his dismissal.

You most surely do have “skin in the game”. The right hate the BBC because it isn’t on their side like most media seems to be. It isn’t on any side. It is a unique organisation which is of immense value to our country on many levels. It holds everyone to account without fear or favour and we must never throw that away. How it handles internal matters is for the Board and DG to determine. Our only concern is to be confident that those appointed to those roles are competent and there are structures in place to ensure that.

I don’t work for the BBC and never have. I just appreciate it. I do have an old friend who did who became the executive director of one of the biggest programmes so learned from him what great lengths they go to to maintain standards.

This idea that because they are not commercially funded means we have a right to control pay and conditions is completely nonsensical. They need to compete for the best and we need to allow management to determine that.

Sure there have been very well publicised problems. Publicised because it’s the BBC. Of course there have been investigations, reports and lessons learned but nothing fundamentally wrong has ever been shown to exist, despite all the innuendo. There have never been any cover ups. Quite the reverse. The BBC are often very hard on themselves.

You don’t value the BBC. Fine, don’t watch it. The country as a whole does and regards its benefits as something we all share and therefore must pay for. I hope, and expect, that to remain the case for a very long time. Any political party who undertakes a dismantling of the BBC loses my vote. It’s a red line that must never be crossed.

The BBC is not just a “public service organisation” though, is it? It’s very much more than that. It’s a unique window into the UK and a bastion of freedom from government control of the information that the public sees. It is not anti Trump, anti Brexit or anti anything else. It is pro truth and pro objectivity. That in being so means some people find their own biases challenged is just the way it is.

Teddy no more put out any facts than you did. You both repeated populist innuendo and assertions. I am sorry if you believe that means I am treating you with contempt. I am not. I just think you are wrong. Welcome to the party by the way. Contempt is a common reaction to my comments.

Aren't you aware Nick, everyone knows that being depressed makes you incredibly horny.

It's why they called it the Great Depression.....everybody got hard ons as they got laid off. Some even jumped for Joy....I just hope she got out of the way in time.

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The BBC is not just a “public service organisation” though, is it? It’s very much more than that. It’s a unique window into the UK and a bastion of freedom from government control of the information that the public sees. It is not anti Trump, anti Brexit or anti anything else. It is pro truth and pro objectivity. That in being so means some people find their own biases challenged is just the way it is.

Teddy no more put out any facts than you did. You both repeated populist innuendo and assertions. I am sorry if you believe that means I am treating you with contempt. I am not. I just think you are wrong. Welcome to the party by the way. Contempt is a common reaction to my comments.