There's a lot of tilting at windmills going on. Mike Harding wasn't sacked, he was retired. He is a freelance on a contract and from his own account of it a senior manager took the trouble to ring him personally to let him know, with good notice, that his contract would not be renewed when it expired in three month's time. Whether you agree with him being let go or not, that's all perfectly legal, courteous and above board.The only reason it's a "fiasco" is that Harding then had a hissy fit and went to the likes of the Daily Mail and brought Jimmy Savile into the story, which was pretty tasteless of him really.