Simon McCoy: Last day at BBC News - Page 6

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Londoner 25 March 2021 1:25pm

This recent podcast interview with Simon would probably be appreciated by many here - I meant to post the link when I listened a few weeks ago
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1433092/6381763-simon-mccoy

Last edited by Londoner on 25 March 2021 1:33pm

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Steve in Pudsey 25 March 2021 1:26pm

Omnipresent posted:

I had assumed Simon was taking redundancy. I guess he's been told today is his last day after giving notice?

Normally in that sort of scenario where people are put on gardening leave rather than seeing their notice out they tend to be told that their previous show was their last one. Everything seems very amicable in Simon's case.

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LondonViewer 25 March 2021 1:28pm

Surprising. Quite a hire by GB News. Even more intrigued to see the channel on air after reading so much speculation.

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Steve in Pudsey 25 March 2021 1:34pm

Can't believe they didn't give him an "and finally" at the end of the One.

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Alfie Mulcahy 25 March 2021 1:35pm

Nothing said at the end of the 1 o'clock news. Just 'Good Afternoon and Goodbye'

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UKnews 25 March 2021 1:35pm

Steve in Pudsey posted:

Can't believe they didn't give him an "and finally" at the end of the One.

Thats more something the News Channel would do.

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Andrew Founding member 25 March 2021 1:36pm

Steve in Pudsey posted:

Omnipresent posted:

I had assumed Simon was taking redundancy. I guess he's been told today is his last day after giving notice?

Normally in that sort of scenario where people are put on gardening leave rather than seeing their notice out they tend to be told that their previous show was their last one. Everything seems very amicable in Simon's case.

I don’t know, I bet it’s both, he’s taken voluntary redundancy and at the same time got approached for the new job.

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Matthew_Fieldhouse 25 March 2021 1:38pm

London Lite posted:

Well it looks like Simon will be doing a lot of OBs instead of being in Paddington. It'd also count towards GB's claim of representing their audience that doesn't look towards a more left-leaning London.

Simon presented a fair few Afternoon Lives on location so this sounds good

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bilky asko 25 March 2021 1:40pm

Inspector Sands posted:

I'm surprised, I always assumed he was a bit more, er shall we say, progressive than the rest of the talent being hired for GB News.

I really hope he doesn't immediately start slagging off his previous employer once he leaves, always a disappointment when that happens.

I was much less surprised. I recalled his appearance on This Week and immediately thought he'd be heading for GB News.

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sigma421 25 March 2021 1:41pm

Brekkie posted:

I suspect this is the name that someone suggested a few weeks back people really would want to talk about. Suspect GB News will be fairly straight laced during the day, then opionated at night, with the "balanced" daytime service used as justification for any straying from impartiality at night.

This is basically what I’m expecting. I don’t think Colin Brazier or the various hires from Euronews are exactly going to become shouty shock jocks either. Breakfast and evenings are probably a different question though.

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PFML84 25 March 2021 1:49pm

Wonder how long it will take him to change his Twitter handle?

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Rolling News 25 March 2021 1:57pm

Simon is trending on Twitter.