He wouldn't let it lie

"Friends" of departing BBC Chairman Richard Sharp have been talking to the Telegraph - again. 

Their target - Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, from whom Mr Sharp sought absolution during his accession to the top media job. The friends say Case reassured Sharp that he  was “on the side of the angels” just months before he was forced to quit, over connections with a loan facility to Boris Johnson when Prime Minister. A barrister-led inquiry decided Sharp should have declared that connection to the interview panel. 

Mr Case told that same inquiry into the matter he could not recall details of a key conversation with Mr Sharp. But the friends of Mr Sharp insist Mr Case told the BBC chairman he had “done nothing wrong”, and, further, if Mr Case had backed up this account, Mr Sharp would have been patrolling the wide open spaces of Broadcasting House beyond Glastonbury.