Campbell ungracious over Hutton, says 'shocked' Dyke

Former BBC director general Greg Dyke today branded Alastair Campbell’s reaction to the Hutton inquiry “ungracious” and described his shock at the outcome of the report.

Mr Dyke, who resigned from his post yesterday in the wake of Lord Hutton’s condemnation of the BBC, said he believed the corporation was not the only one that made mistakes.

“I think Alastair and others have been remarkably ungracious,” he told GMTV when asked about Mr Campbell’s conduct over the last few days.

Mr Dyke added: “We were all at the BBC, 20 of us who got it the day before, we were all absolutely shocked by Hutton.

“We were shocked that it was so black and white.

“We knew mistakes had been made by us but we didn’t believe they were only by us.”