Process ?

The last time the BBC got into a stooshie over a news presenter's utterances was with Naga Munchetty at Breakfast, prompted to comment on a Trump Tweet by her co-presenter Dan Walker. The Editorial Complaints Unit decided that a complaint claiming she'd broken editorial guidelines should be partially upheld; the rules"do not allow for journalists to... give their opinions about the individual making the remarks or their motives for doing so - in this case President Trump".

Lord Hall reversed that ruling. But Ofcom was not happy, either way. "The BBC ECU has not published the full reasoning for its partially upheld finding. Neither has the BBC published any further reasoning for the director-general's decision to overturn that finding."

We're in similar territory with Emily Maitlis' introduction to a Newsnight programme more or less devoted to the travel arrangements of Dominic Cummings. This time, presumably, the BBC acted in accordance with consultancy advice from Chris Banatvala, a former Director of Standards at Ofcom, hired by the BBC Board late last year to review processes. Or not.