[Stockland Hillman]

She applied for a job and didn’t get it. She was offered an alternative (and still high profile) job at the BBC and didn’t accept it. End of story. Move on. At this stage this is ridiculous.

Grossly unfair to all those involved to make a sweeping statement like this. It's not as simple as this, and certainly not the end of the story.

Anyone who's worked in a large organisation at anything over the most junior leval will understand the complexities, and not make ridiculous judgements.

The Deadline article itself quotes "a senior BBC HR executive was not persuaded by their argument, despite a successful candidate saying they had a “tap on the shoulder” from managers. Deadline understands that this “whistleblower” evidence was not referenced in the internal review"

So we have the BBC investigating itself, apparently skipping over the most pertinent and legally risky part of the complaint and you're taking their view as the gospel truth? Ridiculous. Note it wasn't even an independent investigation, despite the million pound costs of the situation and litigation risks - that is very surprising

Nobody with Martines profile would take employment tribunal action - with the extreme stress and publicity - lightly. Fortunately the legal process will finally resolve this situation.