“I’m going to miss the PM team, and Tony Hall’s after shave. I realise the BBC will close down without me and there will be a run on the pound but I can’t stay in an organisation that refused to let me host Songs of Praise. I bought a jacket and everything", he was allowed to write in the press release.
There's a hint in one tweet today that he has somewhere else to go.
Thank you for all the kind words. I appreciate them. But there are journalists in the world who are being shot, jailed, held hostage or forced to work with @corrie_corfield. I’m only changing jobs. So please do something about them. (Not Corrie. She’s lovely. Mainly)— Eddie Mair (@eddiemair) July 1, 2018
On an action-packed Sunday afternoon for the BBC Press Office, Jeremy Vine has also announced he's leaving Points of View, after ten years as presenter. This may help Jezzer put a braver face on his forthcoming salary reduction - last year it stood at between £700k and £749k. I'm guessing half that next year.
And in a money-saving move, there'll be no successor at POV. "In order to refresh the series and allow more time for audience feedback the show will no longer be presenter led." A full-blown, value-for-money triumph for re-invention, eh ?
Obviously difficult these days to find POV presenters with sufficient 'Mr Smug' persona - it had been easy considering past incumbent, but gethings harder recently.
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