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Sacked: Phil Hammond
DOCTOR and radio presenter Phil Hammond was sacked by the BBC today for planning to stand against arch-Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg at the next election.
Dr Hammond accused Auntie of “fear” after it pulled his weekly Saturday Surgery show from BBC Radio Bristol, saying he was “very sad and a little puzzled” by the move.
On Tuesday evening, the doctor said he had been endorsed by the National Health Action Party (NHA) as a prospective parliamentary candidate in his home constituency of North East Somerset.
JOHN LANG recalls how Murdoch used scabbing electricians and even devised a fake newspaper to force a confrontation with printers – then sacked them all
Forty years on, TONY DUBBINS revisits the Wapping dispute to argue that Murdoch’s real aim was union-busting – enabled by Thatcherite laws, police violence, compliant unions and a complicit media
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR
The fallout from the Kneecap and Bob Vylan performances at Glastonbury raises questions about the suitability of senior BBC management for their roles, says STEPHEN ARNELL