It is an alarming turn of events for a DG who valiantly fought off threats by Boris Johnson’s government to “whack the BBC” by slashing its funding and undermining its credibility. Back then, Davie must have viewed Labour as an ally.
After the BBC’s disastrous Glastonbury live stream of death chants against Israeli soldiers, Nandy told MPs that “when you have one editorial failure, it’s something that must be gripped. When you have several, it becomes a problem of leadership”.
Any attempt by the Government to unseat a BBC DG is disturbing. Not just because it threatens the independence of the national broadcaster, but because Davie remains the right leader for the organisation at a pivotal time, when the end of the traditional licence fee is being discussed.
The tension between them is palpable. Some suggest ideological differences are at play, and the MP for Wigan has an intuitive dislike for a former marketeer for PepsiCo who unsuccessfully stood as a Tory in council elections 30 years ago. This would be simplistic and falsely represents a DG who has made impartiality his watchword during his five years in post.
Headhunted into the BBC by Mark Thompson, the most successful DG this century, Davie is a Cambridge English Literature graduate with a golden CV in business. He once ran a marathon in the North Pole before flying to run another in the Sahara, so he is not easily fazed. But he has everyman qualities stemming from an upbringing in Croydon, where his father was a drinks salesman and his mother a psychiatric nurse. “My base wiring is Blue Peter, suburban Britain,” he once said.
His leadership skills are not in doubt. While head of BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial arm, Davie grew revenues and learned of the global pressures on the corporation’s future. He turned down running the Premier League to lead the national broadcaster and has been offered better-paid positions in the tech sector because he embraces innovation.
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His senior executives failed in their oversight of MasterChef’s presenter scandal, the lack of transparency over the Gaza documentary, and the decision to live-platform an activist punk group. It is their heads that should roll, not his.
Like Davie, Nandy is suited to her brief. But Labour bullying the BBC recalls the Blairite assault that forced out a DG and a chairman in 2004.
The BBC cannot afford another leadership vacuum, and I’m not sure it can improve on the incumbent. If it is to have a viable future, this pair needs a constructive dialogue.
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