Thursday, February 05, 2004
Today there will be protests outside BBC buildings around the country. Staff are still angy about the outcome of the Hutton Report and the response of the BBC governors in accepting Greg Dyke's resignation. This is not a union protest although the unions have organised it. It is for all staff who fear the independence of the BBC has been compromised and challenged by the apparent success of the government and the capitulation of the governors by the governors apology. People will protest is their own time. There is no intention to take programmes off the air or interrupt normal business.
I am in Pebble Mill today - where one of the protests is sceduled to take place. In Hull yesterday staff there were preparing banners for a demonstration outside the new building near Queen's Gardens. They were making their own posters and banners for the event and arranging a rota for staff to stagger their lunch breaks to keep the protest going for several hours.
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I am in Pebble Mill today - where one of the protests is sceduled to take place. In Hull yesterday staff there were preparing banners for a demonstration outside the new building near Queen's Gardens. They were making their own posters and banners for the event and arranging a rota for staff to stagger their lunch breaks to keep the protest going for several hours.
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | BBC staff set for Hutton protest
NUJ: BBC journalists hit back at Hutton
