Sharp resigns: BBC is being dragged through the mud by the Conservative party

Responding to Richard Sharp resigning as the BBC's chairman, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:

“The BBC is being dragged through the mud by the Conservative party after yet another sleaze scandal. The British people won’t stand for any more of this.

"Everything Conservative politicians touch turns into a mess. They are not fit to govern our great country.

“Boris Johnson should never have been allowed to appoint Richard Sharp in the first place and what's worse is Rishi Sunak didn't show leadership by sacking him.

"We need a rigorous, transparent and independent process to appoint the next BBC Chair, including a confirmation vote by Parliament’s cross-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee.”

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