Sacking Richard Sharp would be a great loss to the BBC: after all, he has friends in high places | Simon Jenkins

Given his predicament, Sharp has much to gain from defending the corporation – and the connections to do it effectively

The affair of Sam Blyth helping to secure a loan of up to £800,000 for Boris Johnson has left Richard Sharp, the BBC chair, badly wounded. Assuming he survives, his reputation will depend on his defending the corporation to the death against its enemies – particularly those on the right. He was a friend of Johnson, was Rishi Sunak’s boss at Goldman Sachs, and has given generous...