Diane Coyle was the stand-in Chair of the BBC Trust following Patten's departure and was omitted from the shortlist for his successor. She has published an FT Blog entitled "The debate should be about be about boosting the BBC, not shrinking it". If I can find a way to provide a link to it I will, but the FT is free to join.
Suffice to say that I can see why the Government kept her off the shortlist, and why she should be required reading for Gransnetters who, like me, support the BBC.
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