[James2001]

Worth recalling that it was the BBC that went completely over the top with this story and gave it legs, making it the lead story on the 6 & 10 on Wednesday night.

Maybe that was their intention? We know News staff have their own grievances over neutering to appease the government that’s also responsible for the brutal cuts that are taking place. Maybe it’s been a stitch up? Though messy and whether it was intentional or not, for concerned and disgruntled BBC staff, this has been way more effective than any planned quiet strikes would have been.

It's also very quickly shown up the mess we all knew the merged BBC News/World channel was going to be in its first week, by having to fill the channel with a story that's completely meaningless to people outside the UK. Was blatantly obvious right from the start that the merged channel wouldn't be able to properly handle a major story of UK interest, and this has shown it.