About time, but also a bit hollow. Two very senior departures won’t magically fix sloppy editorial choices or the culture that let them happen. This feels like damage limitation rather than real accountability.

Worrying timing too, with the charter review and the licence fee under threat. Feels like the BBC is being pushed to sacrifice individuals to calm political heat, and the next director general will inherit a poisoned negotiation table.

What we need is a proper independent review, real transparency about editorial processes, and firmer protections for impartiality and funding. Otherwise this will just be theatre and the underlying problems will come back around.