Hacks have fearlessly tracked former BBC DG Lord Hall down to his home in Henley, and, in The Court of Everyone's an Ethics Expert v Martin Bashir, he has opined “I want these things to be looked at.”
This doesn't move us much forward from his Tuesday comment that he would co-operate with any new inquiry: “Of course the BBC should look at any new issues raised and speak to whoever they need to".
Lord Hall must be more relaxed, now the handwritten note from Princess Diana has been found. The BBC has said the note confirms that the princess hadn’t seen fake financial documents prior to her Panorama 1995 interview and they played no part in her decision to speak on camera. It would be interesting to read the full text - to see whether this was a spontaneous letter, and to whom it was addressed - but clearly BBC transparency doesn't yet stretch that far.
Lord Hall remains exposed to claims of double standards - making sure that the graphics artist who constructed fictitious bank statements didn't work for the BBC again, whilst accepting Martin Bashir's 'contrition' for his inexplicable decision to commission said bank statements.
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