There is a deep sense of shock at the BBC over the events of the past 24 hours, but also of anger. “Bewildered fury,” is how one insider described the mood following the resignation of director general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness.

For some, that rage appears to be driven by a sense of injustice that the UK national broadcaster has been the victim of a right-wing plot. Deadline has spoken to several insiders in recent hours, and a good number, including senior figures, lined up to propagate the “coup” theory.

The idea has come up in internal BBC News meetings and been ventilated on BBC airwaves by friends of the corporation like David Yelland, once a key figure in the Murdoch empire and now a communications specialist with his own BBC podcast.

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