BBC Breakfast

You really think he personally is going to sort out the Newsnight problems? I'd put money on he has nothing to do with it other than being advised by staff what to say in public.

which begs the question, what on earth is the BBC playing at hosting its main Breakfast news programme hundreds of miles from the nations capital.

He's Editor in Chief of the BBC, and therefore, for this, the buck stops with him.

It's the generally same for any job position, you take responsibility for, and explain the actions of your subordinates. You must retain an overview of what they're doing, but equally do not micro manage.

That basic principle seems to have gone out of the window in recent years, not just at the Beeb, but other institutions too.

Agreed, and if the buck stops with him, I think he'll be doing everything to hang onto his job!!

What's the old saying when it comes to the BBC? In a crisis, deputy heads must roll?

I think time might be running out for Entwistle.

Interesting piece about Susanna and her commute to salford on The Standard's website.

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/bbc-breakfasts-susanna-reid-im-a-super-commuter-8328348.html

It seems like hard work, you'd at least stay overnight in Manchester at least once per week. If the trains are delayed she'll be arriving back in London just in time to leave again!

Sounds awful.

Sounds a bit excessive to me, I certainly wouldn't want to commute like that. I just pressumed she stayed up in Salford Sunday night through Wednesday morning. Anyway what's the bet in 18 months time (when the relocation expenses runs out) that Susanna leaves Breakfast and returns to either the News Channel or some other role within the BBC?

My personal view is that all the departments that have moved to Salford are being earmarked to be eventually sold off. The license fee can only run for so much longer as television is changing at a much faster rate (i.e. YouTube etc).....anyway this is another topic all together.

If you can do it in 2 hours and 10 minutes then it isn't actually that bad, although I suspect that is just the train journey itself. A normal commute can sometimes last for an hour or so, so it does seem quite reasonable when you look at it like that. But you'd think she'd do what Lorraine Kelly does and lives at home from Thursday-Sunday and Manchester/Salford for the time she is on air. It will take its toll on her eventually though and she'll either move or quit, and I don't particularly see the point in going home if you aren't sleeping there but its up to her what she does.

People see the commute as a lot of time but used wisely as Susanna's comments in the interview suggest probably means it is little different to when he programme was in London. She can concentrate on her preparations while commuting and then can focus on family at home. Perhaps a more effective home / work split than many of us achieve.

I presume she will still ahve he travel paid for, just like now.

Basically she is getting 1900/month for nowt, which in my eyes is a waste of licence fee money! If she had to put expenses through like most normal people, ie reciepts, it would definitlely come nowhere near the 1900/month!