the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, is facing questions in parliament this morning. he s appearing in front of the digital, media, culture & sport committee he s likely to be asked about his involvement in securing a loan for former prime minister boris johnson. let s listen in. establish the facts about the loan arrangement with the then prime minister, which was being set up at the same time as he was making the appointment of the bbc chair. essentially, from what i ve read, there were three people involved, sam blythe, borisjohnson and you. who started the whole procedure, who approached herfirst? weill. who started the whole procedure, who approached her first? approached her first? well, first of all, thank approached her first? well, first of all. thank you approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very much approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very much for - approached her f
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the prime minister, and in the following weeks you thought 0k, the prime minister, and in the following weeks you thought ok, i am up following weeks you thought ok, i am up for thisjob, because following weeks you thought ok, i am up for this job, because any sense thatis up for this job, because any sense that is what is relevant. because given that you clearly, you see in september that he realised there were proprietary issues involved, did it not occur to you at that because you were applying for a job that the prime minister of the day would appoint, that you should say to him, look, whatever you want to do, that s fine, a matterfor you, but i can t be involved because i m applying to be chair of the bbc. hill it may be, it s almost hard to recall the timing, but what happened at that point. if i recall the timing, but what happened at that point- - - at that point. if i recall, there was another at that point. if i recall, there was another lockdown. - at that point. if i rec