Aunty's in a mess

[SueEllen]

Oh dear...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...s-johnson-loa/

The chairman of the BBC breached the rules in failing to declare his involvement in an £800,000 loan to Boris Johnson prior to his appointment, an official investigation has concluded.
Richard Sharp will come under intense pressure to quit as head of the corporation following Friday’s expected publication of the findings of the two-month long inquiry.

The report by Adam Heppinstall KC has found that Mr Sharp broke the code on public appointments by failing to inform the committee that interviewed him.

Mr Sharp helped put Sam Blyth, a distant relative of Mr Johnson’s, in touch with Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary, because Mr Blyth wanted to provide the then prime minister with the loan facility.

Mr Sharp believed at the time that, having flagged the issue of his BBC application with Mr Case, he did not need to declare it to the appointment panel.

The Telegraph understands that the inquiry has found Mr Sharp’s breach created a perception of a conflict of interest.

[Zigenare]

Oh dear...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...s-johnson-loa/

The chairman of the BBC breached the rules in failing to declare his involvement in an £800,000 loan to Boris Johnson prior to his appointment, an official investigation has concluded.
Richard Sharp will come under intense pressure to quit as head of the corporation following Friday’s expected publication of the findings of the two-month long inquiry.

The report by Adam Heppinstall KC has found that Mr Sharp broke the code on public appointments by failing to inform the committee that interviewed him.

Mr Sharp helped put Sam Blyth, a distant relative of Mr Johnson’s, in touch with Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary, because Mr Blyth wanted to provide the then prime minister with the loan facility.

Mr Sharp believed at the time that, having flagged the issue of his BBC application with Mr Case, he did not need to declare it to the appointment panel.

The Telegraph understands that the inquiry has found Mr Sharp’s breach created a perception of a conflict of interest.

Break the bloody thing up and create a load of baby BBCs - like the septics did with Bell.

[WTFH]

Oh dear...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...s-johnson-loa/

The chairman of the BBC breached the rules in failing to declare his involvement in an £800,000 loan to Boris Johnson prior to his appointment, an official investigation has concluded.
Richard Sharp will come under intense pressure to quit as head of the corporation following Friday’s expected publication of the findings of the two-month long inquiry.

The report by Adam Heppinstall KC has found that Mr Sharp broke the code on public appointments by failing to inform the committee that interviewed him.

Mr Sharp helped put Sam Blyth, a distant relative of Mr Johnson’s, in touch with Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary, because Mr Blyth wanted to provide the then prime minister with the loan facility.

Mr Sharp believed at the time that, having flagged the issue of his BBC application with Mr Case, he did not need to declare it to the appointment panel.

The Telegraph understands that the inquiry has found Mr Sharp’s breach created a perception of a conflict of interest.

Yes, the problem is the BBC, not the people who appoint the chairman. Since the government is privatised, everything else should be too. Democracy doesn't work.

(just trying to appeal to the Telegraph readers)

[vetran]

make them pay for themselves!

[SueEllen]

Well he's resigned

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...nting-pressure

Richard Sharp has resigned as BBC chair after months of negative headlines for the corporation.
Sharp had faced calls to quit because, when applying for the job of BBC chair, he did not disclose his role in helping the then-prime minister Boris Johnson get access to a loan facility, reportedly worth about £800,000.

He also faced criticism for his handling of the Gary Lineker impartiality row, when the Match of the Day host was suspended for criticising ministers’ language when discussing the government’s controversial asylum policy.