The Ofcom rules on due impartiality and due accuracy apply to "news in any form" and have regard to "audience expectations" regarding the particular programme. So they would apply… (View Post)

There already is... Keir Mather won the Selby by-election a couple of years ago for Labour. It's often that way with Keirs, of course - you wait decades for one, then two turn up in quick succes… (View Post)

Trevor Phillips is in his 70s now. He'd be a perfectly good Chairman, and may have been a DG contender 15 years ago, but I'm not betting on him taking on the DG role at this stage of life. (View Post)

These just aren't serious options. The BBC has big challenges in terms of purpose, maintaining reach among younger people, addressing journalistic quality and so on. These people being named hav… (View Post)

I live in an area with a fair number of names floating about. Generally, they are very guarded and private when you knock on the door - and I get that as they are in the public eye and more mindful o… (View Post)