Sunday Times has this today: . These appointments are of great importance in the democratic life and work of this country. 1/
Sunday Times says Dacre supports the BBC but wants to save it from itself: 2/
‘The prime minister asked Moore to take on the BBC chairmanship around a month ago and in recent days, senior figures say, it is virtually a “done deal”. Moore — handed a peerage by Johnson in August — is still in negotiations over the exact details of his contract.’ 3/
‘A government spokesman said: “We will launch the application process for the new chair of the BBC shortly. It is an open recruitment process and all public appointments are subject to a robust and fair selection criteria.”’ 4/
‘The article reports that Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport was last night scrabbling to finalise plans to publish the job description for the BBC chairman’s role and invite applications this week.’ Details for OFCOM appointment next month. 5/
Commissioner for Public Appointments comments on the process: 6/
More from Peter Riddell here - in the end the final decision is for the prime minister: 7/
But it may all be a diversionary tactic: https://t.co/sMCx0cEifR
‘Dowden said it was too early to comment on the possibility of former Telegraph editor Charles Moore being made BBC chairman, and the ex-editor of the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre, becoming head of Ofcom, the media regulator.’ theguardian.com/media/2020/sep… 8/
David Aaronovitch updates his earlier tweet on this: 9/ https://t.co/WOvx7ix5UA
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