Getting Bashir up

Here's a belter from the Ken MacQuarrie report into the BBC's re-hiring of Martin Bashir, from the sections that deal with his elevation from mere Religious Affairs Correspondent to Religion Editor. 

"I note that Martin Bashir was involved in the review that recommended the creation of a Religion Editor in BBC News". 

Mr Bashir's salary went up by 10.4%. 

In a classic Catch 22, the appropriate process wasn't followed in the promotion, but Ken accepts HR blah that it would have happened anyway... 

"I consider that there were good reasons at the time to: (i) appoint a Religion Editor; and (ii) to re-grade Martin Bashir into that role. It appears that the formalities of the regrading process were not followed. However, having consulted with BBC Human Resources, I am comfortable that the same result would have been reached if the  formalities had been observed. That process would have proposed the closure of the Religious Affairs Correspondent role and Martin Bashir, having been at risk of redundancy, considered as a priority candidate for redeployment into the new Religion Editor role."

Neat, huh ?