internally and externally and then during the hiring process, he was cheated along throughout he was chivvied along. a cynic would say that the process was constructed so that the process was constructed so that mr bashir would get the job. i can see no reason to say that it was a shoe in for mr bashir, reading the report they were looking for the right person to do what is a very importantjob in taking overfrom somebody who had done a stunning job as religious affairs correspondent. at the time we were under some external pressure to improve our religious and ethics coverage not just in news but right across the bbc, radio and television. james pernell was that the director of radio and diaster to write a report for me on how to improve the coverage. 50 for me on how to improve the