the chairman of the bbc richard sharp has announced he s resigning after admitting he breached the british government s code for public appointments. the report found that mr sharp failed to properly disclose his involvement in facilitating a loan of £800,000 for the uk s former prime minister borisjohnson. this morning, mr sharp released this statement. the morning, mr sharp released this statement- morning, mr sharp released this statement. , statement. the view is while i did reach the code statement. the view is while i did reach the code for statement. the view is while i did reach the code for public- reach the code for public appointments, he states very clearly that a breach does not necessarily invalidate an appointment. indeed, i ve always maintained the breach was inadvertent and not material, which the facts he lays out substantiate. the secretary of state has consulted with the bbc board, who support that view. nevertheless, i have decided that it is right t
david willis lockhart. the announcement from richard sharp happened before the report came out. how much of it impacted it have on the way the report was accepted? well, i think unlike to draw a comparison last week, when we saw the deputy prime minister resigning, there was a gap between him pleading out his side of things and writing an article and us getting our hands on the floor report. it wasn t quite such a big gaffe. what was essentially what we then went on to read in the 25 page report, that he had been found to have breached the rules twice. he took issues with one of them, apologised for another, but that now he didn t want to distract from the good work the bbc had been doing, and he was going to step down