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‘I believe my leadership’: Tim Davie insists he is right person to lead BBC

The Guardian - Media · Michael Savage Media editor · last updated

Despite culture secretary saying he has overseen ‘series of catastrophic failures’, Davie insists BBC can thrive under him

Tim Davie has insisted he is still the right person to lead the BBC, after a succession of issues that has seen the culture secretary accuse him of overseeing a “series of catastrophic failures”.

The BBC’s director general has been under the most intense pressure of his five-year tenure after incidents including the livestreaming of Bob Vylan’s performance at the Glastonbury festival, as well as a Gaza documentary that breached the broadcaster’s editorial guidelines.

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