I also heard the Radio 5 debate. I feel I must also express that the use of 'Kristallnacht' with regard to the work environment in BA was totally uncalled for and completely disproportionate to what is actually going on. As a Jew with Polish/Russian descendants I was bought up to know and fully understand those terrible times. It is with sadness that I hear colleagues use such rhetoric with little thought to what it actual means.
I know that this is a minority view however in this instance the minority view got heard louder than the majority. I content myself by knowing that this comment would have devalued the speakers other points of view. Radio 5 listeners are bright enough.