[Kojak]

Although he showed himself up to be a bit of a tit in more recent years (subjective opinion) I still think he was one of the finest news presenters this country ever had, and was a great loss to ITN when he left.

Agree, though his dismissal from ITN seemed very much an overreaction at the time.

Supposedly head honchos at ITN felt he had become a little too outspoken, and the Shakespeare incident was the last straw. That being said, I don’t see why they couldn’t have just told him to come off Twitter, or at worst, suspended him for a short period. Definitely think sacking him was an overreaction.