Lord Hall, 69, was observed throughout - though at a social distance - by his mentor, Lord Birt, 75. The bloke in the tracksuit has probably applied to be DG.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Watching brief
The marathon Culture Select Committee (of old BBC Lags) grilling of Lord Hall is over. One factoid: there are 11 pay cases heading towards employment tribunals, and there was no mood music that Lord Hall was looking to settle. Former Breakfast presenter John Nicolson, claiming most of the credit for everything, urged the DG to cut deals, but Lord Hall said he believed it was right to defend, if unsuccessfully, the tribunal brought by Samira Ahmed, because the BBC needed to 'test' the interpretation of the law.
Lord Hall, 69, was observed throughout - though at a social distance - by his mentor, Lord Birt, 75. The bloke in the tracksuit has probably applied to be DG.
Lord Hall, 69, was observed throughout - though at a social distance - by his mentor, Lord Birt, 75. The bloke in the tracksuit has probably applied to be DG.
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"Lord Hall said he believed it was right to defend, if unsuccessfully, the tribunal brought by Samira Ahmed, because the BBC needed to 'test' the interpretation of the law"... as well as spaffing the usual amount of licence-payers dosh with the legal profession... rather than spending it on programmes.
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