To question the appointment of Lord Hall as DG of the BBC?

Have you seen his twitter account #

JO5

Shhhh !

good Matt cartoon today

Riverwalk It is difficult to understand how Lord Hall became chief exec of the Royal Opera House (or a bigwig at the Royal Ballet School) when his background since the 1970s has been broadcasting, particularly television news. At least he has now returned to a medium in which he is broadly experienced. However, I have no idea on what basis he became a baron.

It is equally difficult to understand how Chris Patten managed to become all the things he did and is.

Old boy network?

Surely not vampirequeen

He seems a good appointment but the system of "a quiet word" between the chaps appalls me. Isn't it illegal? If it isn't it should be

j05 brilliant ..ooops, notice gave it three s so here's another - loved it.

ooops again, riverwalk's name missed from post above - do have to watch my typing!

They had already interviewed him for the job last time around and apparently it has saved oodles of money.

I would have applied, as I've been looking for a job since March, but it didn't come up on any of my job search sites, not even DirectGov.

I think you might have to "know someone who knows someone" , if you get my drift.

By the way, some interesting changes to the job seeking site on DirectGov, but this is not the thread for them.

phoenix but were you pale, male and stale? Pre-requisites for the job!