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Gilligan

Of the various departures announced by the BBC in the last couple of days, Andrew Gilligan's is the one I find least unreasonable. Regardless of his beliefs on the subject of the information David Kelly provided him with, or any questions of the rightness of single-source reporting, is it just me or has his attitude throughout been entirely arrogant and annoying? Perhaps it's just a defence mechanism, but in the circumstances it looked very much like hubris. I'd certainly think he's more directly responsible for the negativity thrown the BBC's way this week than anyone else who's resigned....