Is cuddly Ken next on list?

Quite a week for Men Retiring Badly. First Boris had to be prised out of Downing Street like a whelk being coaxed from its shell by a very large pin, possibly electrified.

then eamonn Holmes revealed he is still hurting after being booted off daytime itV after 15 years of co-presenting shows with his wife, Ruth Langsford. ‘i did not resign from itV, itV resigned from me,’ he huffed at an awards show.

Meanwhile, Steve Wright, below, has been pushed out after 23 years of daytime broadcasting on BBC Radio 2 — why? His millions of fans still absolutely love him and he is a consummate broadcaster, a joy to listen to.

Why change for the sake of change? Sometimes the warm and familiar is exactly what is wanted, especially by radio audiences.

if the Beeb tries the same trick with Ken Bruce there will be riots in the streets. Ken, 71, has been at the helm of his Radio 2 show for 37 years — and still pulls in 8.7 million listeners every day, the largest audience on uK radio.

Mr Bruce is adored by his fans, but he is also male, pale, stale, old, established and everything the wokists hate. How long before they come for Ken, too?