As I watched Tim Davie and Samir Shah’s all-staff call on Tuesday, I became increasingly bemused and frustrated. It was impossible to tell from watching that the BBC is facing one of the greatest crises in its history. The fact that the call was hosted by an in-house spin doctor set the tone for softball questions and unchallenged responses.

Despite quitting in disgrace over the impartiality row, Davie seemed remarkably buoyant, babbling a word-salad eulogy to the corporation he has steered to the very edge of a precipice. It was insufferable.

It’s something of a bitter irony that many of my colleagues are at their balanced best when reporting on the BBC’s failings

Davie seemed to show no contrition, and made no direct apology to staff – only an admission that ‘some mistakes’ had been m

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