The BBC Board of Governors is no longer fit for purpose, says Roger
Posted by Roger Godsiff, MP for Birmingham, Hall Green, at 13:36, Thu 26 September 2013:
Speaking to a group of trainee journalists and students hoping to have careers in the media industry at a gathering in his constituency of Birmingham Hall Green, Roger said that, “sadly”, the Trust which oversees the BBC had been found wanting and was no longer fit for purpose.
Roger said: “The BBC is one of the most important strands of the cultural life of our country, but the controversy which has erupted over massive pay-offs to senior BBC executives, including over £1 million to the former Director General Mark Byford, could not be justified under any circumstances. This is particularly the case as these people were only doing their jobs, for which they were already extremely well paid compared with the majority of workers in other jobs.
“The sickening and unedifying squabble and buck-passing which occurred when Lord Patten, Sir Michael Lyons, Mark Thompson and other senior executives appeared before the recent Public Accounts Committee was shameful. Anybody watching the proceedings was given the very clear impression of a bunch of privileged people helping themselves to whatever they could get out of the licence-fee pot, in much the same way that those at the top of the banking industry behaved in the run-up to the financial crash in 2008.”
Roger continued: “The BBC has an outstanding worldwide reputation. These people, through their greedy, money-grabbing behaviour, have devalued the reputation of the institution, while the BBC Trust seemed incapable of providing the overall control, on behalf of the public, which their Charter obligations place on them. There have to be changes, and the sooner they happen the better.”
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Posted by Colin, 13:54, Thu 26 September 2013: (Is this post abusive?) #
Labour had 13 years to reign in the excesses of the BBC salaries for staff & 'stars'. Never mind the ludicrous pay of council leaders, university heads, etc., but they did nothing. Of course, in common with many other MP's, they were too focused on their own 'expense' claims. No good whingeing from the sidelines, now.
Posted by Mr. Christopher J. Whitehouse, 22:41, Thu 26 September 2013: (Is this post abusive?) #
Seems like you missed out another group of privileged people who had their noses in the expenses trough as well, namely your own colleagues in Westminster Mr Godsiff.