In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past.
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Nationality: American Type: Businessman Born: August 3, 1890 Death: July 31, 1969 |
There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.
As the plane got closer to Miami, I had this terrible feeling he was dying. Maybe he was telling me that he was going. I felt anger, panic, despair and helplessness.