SIR – The resignation of Bob Quick as Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police is another example of the growing trend for public figures to be forced to fall on their sword to meet the media demand for a scalp.
All too often, successful individuals at the top of their field are unfairly pressurised to quit.
The directors of Terminal 5, a superb airport, lost their jobs because the media lost their suitcases. The highly talented director of BBC Radio 2 lost her job for no other reason than that there was a media-created frenzy over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross.
Surely, when mistakes are made, the smart thing to do is keep these people in post as they are better qualified to put things right in the future, rather than individuals being hounded out of office when in many cases they have done little or nothing wrong.
Mark Oaten MP (Lib Dem)
Winchester, Hampshire
Yes, Captain Smith.
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