Not in the slightest bit surprised.

"A company's culture is the worst behaviour its leadership is wiling to tolerate"

The BBC, even before Davie, was pretty terrible at upholding its own editorial guidelines. The Munchetty incident demonstrated that it was willing to cover up a mistake, no matter what the cost. As a DSF-III supplier that was the point I decided we couldn't renew for DSF-IV, since BBC editorial had no integrity and it was an ESG risk.

More generally, it was a time of terrible trust in the service too, given the BBC was party to propagating a number of myths and disinformation around Brexit.

As an org, we have our own standards and that includes turning work away if it doesn't fit with our ethics, so the BBC had to go. It won't have made a difference to them but perhaps that's the difference between what the BBC leadership are willing to tolerate and what I'm willing to tolerate.