I have said in replying to [Shapps] that if I had been in his position, I would have felt much the same and written the same sort of letter.

There were two points he made in that letter. The first is that it is wrong for the BBC to make a briefing about its corporate position. I’m not sure I would agree with that.

But the fact that it was misleading, that is what was wrong. I also think the terms in which it was expressed were unfortunate.