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I've just read Blackburn's statement[^] and, taken with the fact the BBC are not commenting at this time, there appear to be more questions arrising than are being answered.
I wonder if this is Hissing Sid all over again?
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I wouldn't expect the Beeb to comment yet - the report it's based on isn't published for two weeks yet, and it would prejudice or defeat the purpose of the report to comment on it before people can read the document the comments would have to be based on!
Having said that, for them to take the extreme action to publically dump him two weeks before is ... um ... unusual, and implies that there is material in the report that they are trying to distance themselves from as fast as possible.
Odd way to behave in both cases...One side dumps the other, the the dumpee immediately starts legal action to get his job back before any information on why has been released.
Did TB punch the DG over a supper row or something? 
[edit]I misread the publication date[/edit]
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modified 25-Feb-16 5:13am.
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The report is actually due to be published in 5 minutes time!
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Misread: corrected.
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I was listening on Radio4 this morning and they mentioned that the BBC has not commented yet... that's BBC Radio4 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
modified 25-Feb-16 5:34am.
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Aunty's News does try to report Aunty's affairs in third person.
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Hmm, All the BBC appears to have done is harbor peados & rapists. Who knew?. If TB has done a JC, at this rate we will end up with Weather staff presenting....
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glennPattonNotInThePUB wrote: If TB has done a JC
Tony Blackburn is the Messiah!?!
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He's not the Messiah! He's a very naughty boy! Allegedly! Though to be honest it's damn near impossible to work out what he's actually supposed to have done.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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According to the BBC News at lunchtime, he was "failing to fully co-operate with the Jimmy Savile inquiry" and "Janet Smith's inquiry had rejected the evidence from the Radio 2 DJ"
It may be a massive over-reaction from the Beeb - they are good at those - but it's also possible that since he worked closely with Savile that he coloured his evidence to present him in a better light, or hide his own knowledge of what was going on. We probably will never know.
Either way, I can't imagine Blackburn as a sexual predator; it would be like being molested by a Cabbage Patch Doll, or groped by My Little Pony... 
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I am completely shocked at his sacking.
I had absolutely no idea he was still employed.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Riles around one support gives us these places of reference. (9)
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Riles around (anag)
one I
support BRA
gives us these places of reference.
LIBRARIES
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Good man you are up tomorrow
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Being a pedantic sort of cruciverbalist, I would say your clue is stretching the rules somewhat. Using around to indicate an anagram, and also, to surround other words, is not really on.
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OG got it
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Yeah, but he's clever. 
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I have to login to Google once every 3 months more or less...
Today was such day...
As is usual in those case I had no clue what my password is...
Thankfully the "I forgot my password" link let me reset my password....
Although....
All my 10 usual passwords or password mnemonic yielded "password that have been used recently, must choose another password" leading me into another cycle of anger and more forgotten password!
Google. I. Hate. You. And I also hate your stupid password policy! 
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Hey, I've got a novel idea: Why don't you try writing it down and saving it? 
I know it sounds ludacrous, because surely you can remember all eleventy seven passwords you have around the net by heart, right?
Just an idea from someone who has the same problem (and a few more important ones as well)... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I do!!!!
1 password for each bank
1 for MSDN
1 for XAMARIN
1 at work
1 for twitter
1 for facebook
1 for email
1 for google... (usually a recycled one)
6 other vanilla password I recycle
I got something against writing password down... :'(
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I use Keeper[^], the good bit is that I only really need to remember one password as it keeps the rest and it will autofill too.
(I have no association with the company so not a sales push - rather it has been very useful to me)
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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mm... have to have a look....
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One word of caution - avoid the 2 factor authentication if you go with this option and use an Android phone.
Not because of Keeper but because of google - something happened with my Android 2 factor authentication that broke the connection. I managed to fix things and removed 2fa from my phone.
While this was happening the people at Keeper replied promptly to my email asking if I had resolved the issue.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: the good bit is that I only really need to remember one password as it keeps the rest and it will autofill too.
... which is ironically also the bad bit ... 
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