I was heartened by this quote from a Great Ormond Street Hospital press release regarding the shameless hostility one of it’s employees expressed on BBC Question Time. I include a line from this news story for context:

Angry viewers demanded the woman, said to be a language and speech therapist at the hospital, was sacked after she addressed the Question Time panel at the filming of the programme in Watford.

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“We cannot comment on questions around personal conduct of individual members of staff.”

Of course I support the right of employers to fire whom the hell they like for whatever reason they like but the recent trend of “the public” demanding employees of X for reason Z (where Z is often some emotional nonsense) is really  quite alarming. If someone is to be fired then it should be customary to think it through and weigh the matter carefully, so I am pleased Great Ormond Steet provided this refreshing break from the norm.

I wonder what would be said if a less popular organisation issued the same line?