Auntie’s abuse
HAVING ordered an inquiry into the bad behaviour of its own staff, the BBC leaked the report to itself — and handily concluded that the BBC does not have a “toxic culture”.
How very BBC.
But no amount of spin could hide the fact that — following the Huw Edwards paedophile scandal — the Corporation DOES still have a major problem with the abuse of wealth and power.
When it was finally published, the review warned of a significant number of “untouchable” presenters, stars and managers who are making life “unbearable” for lower-paid workers — and not being tackled over it.
No doubt calling on the experience of its £225,000-a-year diversity head, and three of its senior HR leaders (paid a combined £600,000), the BBC belatedly swung into action.
Not to sack the appallingly behaved employees who, shamefully, were kept anonymous in the report.
But instead to wheel out a new “Call It Out” system for staff and a “Resolving Concerns” helpline for complaints from the public.
Both come too late for the family of the young man exploited by Huw Edwards — or the victims who worked with him.
And this report makes clear the Corporation is STILL prepared to cover up for its stars.
On that basis, can anyone — inside or outside of the BBC — have confidence that real change has come?
Pay & dismay
THIS summer we are likely to find out whether Labour is really prepared to take on its union paymasters.
Independent pay review bodies have suggested public sector wage rises of between three and four per cent.
Yet hard-left militants in schools, hospitals and the civil service are likely to demand even more.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has already massively increased borrowing to pay for last year’s settlements so she could avoid strikes.
The country simply cannot afford for the Government to give in again.
Action at last
A BAR on foreign sex offenders claiming asylum in Britain is welcome — but more than overdue.
There has never been any reason why we should allow highly dangerous men to live in our country knowing they are likely to put women and children at serious risk of harm.
Deporting them will also end one of the worst failures in border control:
The prospect of useless immigration judges misinterpreting the law and allowing spurious claims from these depraved monsters.