So Burridge is caught out. What job is he in/going to if not the top light blue slot? Would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for his 'closed door interview without coffee'.
That said, I always had huge admiration for Peter Harding for pulling that bird at his age (but not for his stand after making the tabloids). His opposite number in France would have shrugged the whole thing off rather than leave in disgrace.... always seems unfair when the sacking is done by a politician from very suspect collective moral high-ground. Hey ho!
PS wonder if PPRUNER 'Sir Peter Harding's Love-child' has a view on all this?!! Best 'handle' for ages IMHO.