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Specifically, Davie conceded that Oxbridge graduates are disproportionately represented within the organisation.
His point was neatly illustrated that lunchtime on BBC2’s Politics Live.
The show’s presenter Adam Fleming, who attended Oxford, jokingly stated that he would stay out of a discussion of Davie’s announcement.
However, it turned out that both his studio guests, Tim Stanley and Stephen Bush, also graduated from Oxbridge!
BBC viewers were, therefore, expected to listen to a panel of Oxbridge graduates discussing whether the BBC should continue to recruit from Oxbridge.
Our survey of the BBC’s leading political discussion show, Question Time, indicates that such a farcical situation is far from a one-off.
Lawyers for the Queen lobbied ministers to alter a draft law so that her private wealth could be kept secret, newly-uncovered records have suggested.
Legislation was changed so that any potentially embarrassing investments she held could be concealed from the public, it was alleged.
The incident, which happened almost 50 years ago during the premiership of Edward Heath but was unearthed by The Guardian last night, is one of the rare examples of behind-the-scenes political involvement from the monarchy.
Her Majesty s lawyers are said to have pressed ministers into altering measures in a planned Companies Bill.
This would have allowed directors to demand that front companies holding their shares reveal the identities of the real owners of the shares.
The controversy has raised new questions over the "Queen's Consent," the British monarch's right to review legislation that would affect the “personal property or personal interests of the Crown.”
Danish Povlsen family Bestseller in UK Asos Top Shop deal Anders Holch Povlsen, the second-generation Danish online retail billionaire, is behind the £295 million ($403 million) acquisition for UK high street names Topshop, Topman and Miss Selfridge. Povlsen (pictured), 48, is the chief executive of Bestseller, the $3.8 billion family-owned fashion company of more than 20 brands including Jack & Jones, Only & Sons and Vera Moda. Bestseller is also the majority shareholder at 26% of Asos, the UK’s largest $1.3 billion online retailer, for “fashion-loving 20-somethings around the world.” Asos completed this week its buy-out of the three UK brands and activewear collection HIIT, plus £30 million ($41 million) worth of stock, from Sir Philip Green’s collapsed Arcadia group. The e-tailer pledged to develop its new additions using its design, marketing, technology and logistics expertise. However, Asos was investing in clicks, not bricks. The flagship Top Shop store on Lond