article_snippet: Fairhead should resign or be sacked as chairman of the BBC Trust, a leading MP demanded yesterday.
article_snippet: Fairhead faced a call to resign as chairman of the BBC Trust after being grilled about Fairhead time as a non-executive director on HSBC's board .
article_snippet: But MPs said Fairhead performance at bank was not good enough – raising serious questions over whether Fairhead is suitable for Fairhead BBC role.
article_snippet: Fairhead has already come under considerable pressure over potential conflicts between Fairhead multiple jobs, since Fairhead started as chairman of the BBC Trust last September.
article_snippet: Committee chairman Margaret Hodge said Fairhead had lost the BBC Trust, but Tory committee member Stephen Hammond disagreed with the call for Fairhead to resign .
article_snippet: Last week Fairhead told a conference that Fairhead would prioritise Fairhead job at BBC Trust over Fairhead other positions, and that Fairhead was keeping Fairhead roles on the HSBC and Pepsi boards
article_snippet: Fairhead also took the unusual step of recommending that BBC Trust should be abolished.
highlights_snippet: Says MPs cannot have confidence in Fairhead to run BBC watchdog .
  