Patten's vote of no confidence final straw for Entwistle

Davie and Patten

George Entwistle was told by Lord Patten in the eleventh hour of his BBC reign “we are not urging you to go, but we are not urging you to stay”, as the financial cost of the Pollard inquiry has been revealed.

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