[Toby brown]

It's pretty desperate stuff.

"I was entirely right to act, which is why it is now the right course of action for me to reverse my earlier decision."

Let's see how long that holds.

Such a familar line.  We've seen it'll hold for a while but ultimately all comes crashing down, and in the mean time more damage is done by somebody clinging on to their job rather than doing the honourable thing.

I think Davie is safe for now. I don't think this is a resigning matter. But I think he may have to go soon if he's criticised in the Tim westwood review which must be due out soon it was commissioned in August and was meant to last 6 months

In which case it would probably be better for his personal reputation to go now - far better to quit over this than be forced out over what is a far more serious issue.    Though given how things have gone previously the replacement DG would then likely be forced to resign over Tim Westwood.

Although it should probably be Davie who goes over that because he was head of radio for some of that time it would be unfair for someone else to go over that when they had nothing to do with it

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The whole saga has earned the status of a Ros Atkins explainer (with wrong BBC logo DOG)

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Meanwhile 5 Live Sport returned to normality at 7 PM with the Monday Night Club hosted by Mark Chapman. Here are his opening remarks addressing the situation and the abuse aimed at the 5 Live commentators who appeared on air over the weekend.

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Well said chapters