I genuinely got my cats given a different surname at the vet because “Cersei Ball” was unbearable

…what does it do?

See my second post! We agree here…

They should also look at what enforcement mechanisms they have to account for X not enforcing any uk laws on hate speech and harassment, too. And make sure regulators have funding and resource to aggressively pursue those.

After Charlotte Moore’s departure, yeah – several internal shuffles in the last year were geared on that direction too. Davie was the first DG never to have worked in news and I think this was seen as an *issue* for him.

#DraftTozzi

It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?

The industry expectation was Tim Davie was likely to depart anyway in the next year or so – so this might just be a slight acceleration of that announcement. The big shock is that Turness, by far the most obvious successor, is gone too. That’s what turns this into a full-scale crisis.

He just really, really loves lib dems

I guess Peter Mandelson is looking for a gig?

The BBC needs someone experienced enough to run a huge media org, and willing to take a job with no security. They need to know the BBC well enough to do the job, but not be an “insider”. They need to somehow be acceptable to a Lab government but also right-wing papers.

This person doesn’t exist.