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Will he _ there will be an appointment, there will he an— there will be an appointment, there will be an advert some time for the ob, will be an advert some time for the job, but— will be an advert some time for the job, but essentially, it will be publicly— job, but essentially, it will be publicly advertised, so if you fancy yourself _ publicly advertised, so if you fancy yourself as — publicly advertised, so if you fancy yourself as the next chairman of this extraordinary media organi...

Wandering — colleague, there is a lot of people wandering around thinking, hang on, so the _ wandering around thinking, hang on, so the bbc_ wandering around thinking, hang on, so the bbc was headed by someone who is a conservative, or very supportive of the conservative party — supportive of the conservative party. now of course everyone at the bbc would _ party. now of course everyone at the bbc would say that is profoundly unfair, _ bbc would say that is profoundly unfair, the chairman of...

He wanted to offer the former prime ministerfinancial help with a loan guarantee. and he asked his friend richard sharpe if he could make a connection to do that. richard sharp spoke to the cabinet secretary, head of the civil service simon case. mr sharpe thought that was sufficient disclosure. todays report found that it wasnt. and as weve been hearing, richard sharpe says he now regrets not mentioning that conversation. and that oversight brought risks for the bbc because while the bbc didnt ...

Chairman who has this close ties to the conservative party? that is entirely separate to this entire issue that has led to his resignation. that is the charge. the bbc as you know would say this is completely unfair in the sense that the chairman of the bbc is not like an editor in chief, richard sharp doesnt tell you or me what to say, he doesnt determine the running orders of our programmes, and i think the bbc would also make the case, no doubt mr sharp would, that evenif case, no doubt mr sh...

And what youve got is the risk here of a very small minority of very activist civil servants with a passive aggressive culture of the civil service who dont like some of the reforms, whether its brexit, whether its parole reform, whether its human rights reform, effectively trying to block government. some view has found the weight given to mr raab�*s defence of his actions via that interview with chris mason to be excessive, meaning coverage of the story as a whole lacked impartiality. heres ...

To make that appointment? the only thought i would throw in is that in the same way that all of us who come into work in this building every day are supposed to put on this mantle of impartiality, whatever your views are outside, you come in and report and do your best, you could make the argument that that would apply to the chairman of the bbc, whatever that persons past contacts with british political parties or whatever political views they may have had when they came in, but there are some ...

Of the appointment process. first of all, he failed to declare that hed told borisjohnson he wanted the job before hed applied for it. and the next issue concerns mrjohnson, too. lets bring in the canadian millionaire sam blyth. he wanted to offer the then—prime minister financial help with a loan guarantee. he asked his friend richard sharp if he could make a connection. to do that, richard sharp spoke to the cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, simon case. richard sharp thought t...

Going to be doing it much faster than they did last time, and we have already seen that the checks and balances in that process are fallible. they need someone in position byjune, and i think that the tory government will be pretty disappointed to be losing a strategic ally, especially as we go into general election season, and they will likely would have been glad to have had a friend in place, as they are hoping for positive representation in the media through the election. but representation ...

And that oversight brought risks for the bbc because while the bbc didnt appoint richard sharp, its director—general tim davie has been vocal on impartiality. this story risked undermining that message and in the end, its worth emphasising that all of this has happened because of a failure to mention one conversation, not because the bbc chair is a long time acquaintance of the prime minister who appointed him, not because the bbc chair was a donor to the ruling party, not because each bbc cha...

As weve been hearing, richard sharp says he now regrets not mentioning the conversation, and that oversight brought risks for the bbc. because while the bbc did not appoint richard sharp, its director general tim davie has been vocal on impartiality. this story risked undermining that message. and in the end, its worth emphasising that all of this has happened because of a failure to mention one conversation. not because the bbc chair is a long—time acquaintance of the prime minister who appoi...