by rubin, peaceful failing to declare alone or facilitating alone to the former prime minister morris johnson does about him. it was the light in the he'll end up having to resign over this. but i think that you're absolutely right. and that is really important context for this story because usually you would expect the b, b, c, chairman to come out fighting for the b, b, c. not necessarily descending lenika, but certainly defending the b, b, c. but of course the chairman has had to keep very quiet because as you say, he is under scrutiny. now. it is not unusual for there to be a political appointment to chair the bbc. it's been true under labor governments and has been true under conservative governments. the difference here is that richard sharp during the appointment process never told m p 's when he was asked that he had had some and he had a role in facilitating a loan of 800000 pounds to the then prime minister, boorish johnson. and of course, it was boris johnson, who as prime minister appointed him as chairman of the b, b. c. that looks and smells bad. he obviously has and he's never