Masterchef - going, going, gone?

John Torode's contract won't be renewed.

He allegedly made an offensive racist remark 7 years ago which he doesn't remember, and offended nobody.

The world and how we are expected to behave has considerably evolved in recent years. The way we spoke, the phrases we used and the ways of identifying people are quite different to what they were when I was young(er).

There were terms in use that were perfectly acceptable back then but are considered racist/homophobic etc now.

I'm not sure dragging John Torode into the whole sorry mess has done the BBC any favours. Particularly when they are still paying Huw Edwards obscene amounts of money.