Paul Dacre, 73 (University College School, Hampstead and BA English, Leeds) has shared his post-Ofcom-dalliance thoughts with The Spectator, and they don't seem to be paywalled. Here's the opening, highlighting the Prime Minister's approach to fair selection.
'You can appoint your own chief executive,’ boomed the PM over a rather sad bottle of wine. He was asking if I would like to chair the media regulator Ofcom because, he declared, he was determined to do something to end the usual suspects’ control of our public bodies. It was soon apparent that I couldn’t appoint my own chief executive. Or take people with me. And as all the key positions at Ofcom are chosen by ‘independent’ panels, the chairman’s role is heavily circumscribed.
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