[Humphrey Hacker]

It does really communicate the kind of bubble many media people are in. While as I say I don't have an issue with someone doing a send off, the message did sway into areas beyond the practical news reporting, i'm really surprised she did not get up on a soapbox! with the greatest of respect, do we really care what a presenter thinks? I really have no interest. She should have stopped at the "thank you", the after "words of my own" section I suggest possibly broke rules. I think that is two departing BBC on air staff issuing statements recently. They are going to ruin it for others because the BBC will turn around and say departing people are no longer permitted to have an on air send off at the very least. Not to mention the song added at the end drummed in it was more of a social movement piece than anything serious. Questions need to be asked.

Many long serving American newscasters have these valedictorian speech when they leave such as Walter Cronkite. Its cloying and syrupy and totally out of place in uk News.