Louise Haigh’s comments come ahead of publication of report into Sharp, his dealings with Boris Johnson and his appointment to the BBC
Richard Sharp “will have to go” from his role at the BBC if he is found to have broken the code for public appointments by facilitating a loan for Boris Johnson, a senior opposition figure says. The shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh told Sky News:
If it is revealed that he has failed to declare the details of this loan arrangement properly or failed to be forthcoming in the process, then of course he will have to go.
It’s been really concerning to see how the government has sat back and done very little about the potential breaches in the process, and did nothing to help restore trust and faith in the impartiality of the BBC.
I think his whole saga raises wider issues around the way that the government has approached the BBC and the particular links of the Tory party with the BBC.
